Born in Tawau, Malaysia, Dr Ann Lee, PhD Southeast Asian Studies (NUS), is a playwright, and a researcher of humour and indigenous satire. She is a past Fellow of the Asia Leadership Fellow Programme, and is currently member of the External Advisory Committee (Creative Arts and Media) of a private university in Malaysia.
RED LINES: 60 Global Cartoonists Talk Fear And Favour
“If satire is so toothless, then why are cartoonists so often badly bitten?” Ann Lee reviews RED LINES: Political Cartoons and the Struggle Against Censorship by Cherian George and Sonny Liew. The distribution of this book, which examines the boundaries of free speech, has been banned by the Singapore government under its “Undesirable Publications Act”. […]
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