Fahmi Reza

He had created the image as a protest against prime minister Najib Razak, who has been facing allegations that billions of dollars were stolen from a state-owned development fund he oversees.

Tapi dalam negara yang penuh dengan korupsi, kita semua penghasut (But in a country full of corruption, we are all instigators).”[7] Police had earlier warned Fahmi that his Twitter account was under surveillance.

[8] The charge was made possible under Section 233(1) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,[9] which forbids online content deemed to "annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass" others.

[5] He may face another charge under the same section of the Act, for also creating a fake Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) poster bearing the clown caricature.

[11] On 20 February 2018, Fahmi was sentenced to a month's jail and fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court in Ipoh for a caricature depicting Najib as a clown.

[12] On 11 October 2018, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court acquitted and discharged Fahmi on a charge of uploading a caricature of Najib on his Instagram account.

[13] On 12 November 2018, the High Court in Ipoh set aside the prison sentence against Fahmi for uploading an offensive image of Najib on his social media account.

The other three people arrested were event organiser Pang Khee Teik, community activist Lew Pik-Svonn and comic artist Arif Rafhan Othman.

[16] On 23 April 2021, Fahmi was arrested for allegedly insulting the Queen of Malaysia, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, following queries on claims she received an unapproved COVID-19 jab.