Arrest of Fahmi Reza comes amid concerns of a crackdown on dissent under prime ministership of Muhyiddin Yassin
A Malaysian artist has been detained by police for allegedly insulting the country’s queen by making a Spotify playlist that mocked comments on her Instagram account, an arrest condemned by rights groups as a clampdown on free speech.
Police said in a statement the graphic artist, Fahmi Reza, had uploaded a playlist with songs containing the word “jealousy”, with a photo of Queen Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah.
