Deputy Minister says letter to National Art Gallery was to support freedom of expression


Bakhtiar (right) receiving a momento from WSF travel director Wan Shairi Wan Ahmad after launching the third KL travel mart.

KUALA LUMPUR: Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik has clarified that the appeal letter he sent to the National Art Gallery (NAG) over censored artworks of a local artist was written in his personal capacity.

The Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister also said that the letter was a request to the NAG, and not a directive after four artworks of acclaimed contemporary artist Ahmad Fuad Osman were removed from his solo exhibition.

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