Police have disrupted the second attempted launch of cartoonist Zunar’s latest book, ROS in Kangkongland, and will arrest the satirist if he proceeds with the event on the book featuring the prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Zunar, whose full name is Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, said he was told by police officials that he would require a permit to continue with the launch, held at Brickfields in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, today.
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