Zunar’s Rosmah cartoon on Facebook blocked

Political cartoonist is stumped as to why his work depicting Rosmah Mansor as head of Bank Negaros has been blocked in all three of his Facebook accounts.

PETALING JAYA: Sounding perplexed, political cartoonist Zunar has posted messages on Facebook asking why his most recent cartoon depicting the wife of the prime minister has been blocked on all three of his Facebook accounts where the image was uploaded earlier.

In his post, Zunar, whose real name is Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, said, “My first cartoon on Rosmah (Mansor) in two months has been blocked by Facebook this morning.

In a previous posting, he asked: “Who complained & why?”

The blocked cartoon called “Plan B (ini) on Zeti” was posted on Zunar’s Facebook accounts “Zunar Kartunis Fan Club”; “Zunar Kartunis”; and “Zunar Kartunis Dua” and blocked half an hour after it was uploaded, he said.

He also said he made several attempts to upload the same image but failed, and even lodged a complaint with Facebook, for which he has not received any answer yet.

Undaunted, Zunar provided the link to the website where the cartoon is featured and invited his fans to go there instead to view his work.

The cartoon in question shows two caricatures, one of Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz being booted out of the central bank and the other of Rosmah heading “Bank Negaros.” A price tag of RM1200 is stuck in her hair and a big sack of money labelled “derma” (donation) sits by her feet.

In the latest posting on the Zunar Kartunis Fan Club Facebook page, Zunar jokes: “Kartun Zunar sebenarnya tidak diblock, tetapi anda tidak nampak sebab jerebu” – Menteri, Ahmad Mauselam (Zunar’s cartoon has not been blocked, it simply cannot be seen due to the haze – Minister Ahmad Mauselam).

Speaking to Malaysiakini, Zunar said it was too much of a coincidence that the cartoon was blocked on all three Facebook accounts belonging to him.

“Before this, there were numerous cartoons on Najib but they were not blocked. But now when it depicts Rosmah, it gets blocked,” he told Malaysiakini.

Zunar has been a bold critic of the government and despite the nine sedition charges hanging over his head, continues to speak his mind about the political goings-on in the country.

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