One of the Sultan of Malaysia’s purchased a painting depicting parliamentarians as apes and frogs, a commentary on floor crossing, with no consequence (top image). In contrast, political cartoonists have been charged with sedition and arrested numerous for publishing drawings critical of the state (bottom image).
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