Monday, 10 Feb 2020 09:48 PM MYTFile picture shows lawyer Lim Wei Jiet speaking at the ‘Malaysia and Rome Statute’ forum at Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur April 27, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Hakam secretary-general Lim Wei Jiet said in a statement that the gallery’s decision to remove the artworks amounted to the censorship of artistic expression, which is a right guaranteed by the Constitution. “Freedom of artistic expression is part and parcel of the freedom of speech protected under Article 10 of the Federal Constitution.”
While the gallery has yet to officially explain the removal, Ahmad Fuad said they previously wrote to inform him they would be doing so due to a complaint from one of their board members, who alleged the pieces were political and obscene.