Cartoons for the people

By Dr Mustafa K Anuar

August 2015 PENANG PROFILE
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Is he a trouble maker or a depicter of truths? Meet Malaysia’s top political cartoonist.Who is the most controversial cartoonist in Malaysia, currently being investigated on a whopping nine charges under the notorious Sedition Act and facing a potential jail sentence of 43 long years?The answer is none other than Zulkiflee Sm Anwar Ulhaque, popularly known as Zunar – one of Malaysia’s most wanted. The 53-year-old caricaturist was charged with sedition in what appears to be a clampdown on politicians,...

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Dr Mustafa K Anuar

was a Senior Fellow at Penang Institute who appreciates, among other things, history and heritage as they help him to understand the present. He now writes for an online newspaper.


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