Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Publications and Quranic Texts Control Division confiscated over 80 T-shirts – including Pop images of Bruce Lee and Mao Zedong portrayed as ‘Mickey Maos’ – because the material apparently glorified communism.
The raid was carried out while PM Najib was on an official trip to China, according to the T-shirt stall owner, Patrick Saw.
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i’ve seen guys and gals wearing Mao’s t-shirts!!!
Cool, but the gals better not come face-to-face with those “enforcers” coz the latter may just confiscate the t-shirts on the spot…
To have an idea of some of the T-shirts confiscated, you can watch the designs here.
http://romerz.blogspot.com/2009/06/humor-not-allowed.html
Someone should tell Patrick to just setup an online channel to sell these T-shirts. Unbelieveable ‘moral’ policing nonsense that we have to put up with. Makes me so mad to think that you don’t get a chance fight the authorities based on reasoning and logic!
curry flavour china and think that the chinese government don’t know? Najib was not given the full welcome in china and did not get any significant concession to boost trade. He is a joke ….
Didn’t know Bruce Lee was associated with communism ! But I do find the T shirts a bit pricey though…ha ha..
Malaysia is working with Cuba and Mainland China, what is wrong with art. Simply sick of the gomen.
OK next ban Gorilla T-Shirt, Rambutan T-shirt and go to Tanjong Rambutan….UMNO guys..
Hypocrites… Perhaps if we have T-shirts with Hishamuddin (the Home Minister) waving the keris is okay?
Ha ha. The only true communism that is being practised today is by Obama who is taking over all the private assets of major companies in insurance, auto and banks for the lame excuse of their being too big to fail. Perhaps, the government should also confiscate pictures of Obama, who is now more popular than American idol across Msia’s political divide. Even Malaysiakini writers are mesmerised by the charisma and don’t see the shadow of Mao and Stalin behind these actions. As for central market stall owner, I sympathise with him. Not only is the gomen intruding, but I… Read more »
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