A Malaysian cartoonist with the pen name of Zunar has set an unwelcome new record: He was charged with nine counts of sedition at a single court appearance amid a government crackdown on free speech in the country. “They are really trying to shut me off from criticizing the government, so I think it’s clearly politically motivated,” Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque told reporters before his hearing. According to his lawyer, Ulhaque is being charged over individual tweets—something which has never happened before in Malaysia.
