IGP: Zunar asked for it


Khalid receives a mock key to a bus donated by Air Asia chief executive Aireen Omar at KLIA2

SEPANG: Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has justified the nine sedition charges against Zunar, saying that the cartoonist "asked for it." 

Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, 53, better known as Zunar, was charged before the Sessions Court on Friday with publishing seditious tweets through the account @zunarkartunis at 3pm on Feb 10. 

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Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar , IGP , Zunar , sedition

   

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