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#KitaSemuaPenghasut Stickers Are Starting To Emerge At Public Places In The Klang Valley

Malaysians are taking the #KitaSemuaPenghasut campaign to another level.

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The "clown-faced Najib" phenomenon started with activist Fahmi Reza, who drew caricatures of Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Razak as an "evil clown" as a sign of protest over the alleged cover-ups of scandals and corruptions

The image was accompanied by a caption that read: "Dalam negara yang penuh korupsi, kita semua penghasut" (In a country full of corruption, we are all seditious).

His art quickly went viral, and was shared widely across social media.

The 38-year-old who has been an activist for more than a decade, started off the #KitaSemuaPenghasut movement as an individual, but many artists have joined him to create a series of similar 'clown-faced' posters of the Malaysian prime minister all over the Internet since then.

Ever since then, Fahmi's signature 'clown-faced Najib' has been a hit, both on the Internet and in the real world.

Earlier this month, Fahmi gave out 2,000 'Penghasut' (seditious) stickers to the public and encouraged people who are living outside of Kuala Lumpur to print their own stickers to put them up as a sign of protest against Najib

Image via Fahmi Reza

The stickers have been spotted at random places in Klang Valley since they were made available to the public:

1. Petrol station

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2. ATM machine

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3. Toll plaza

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4. Random pillar

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5. A building's wall

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6. RapidKL bus stop signage

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7. On a structure at Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur

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8. At the back of a bus

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9. On a motorcycle

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10. There was even one at the Malaysia Hall in Perth, Australia!

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Meanwhile, Fahmi has been playing a little game by asking his social media followers to spot large-sized clown-faced posters that he stuck at "secret locations"

Fahmi Reza sticked this large poster at an unknown location in Kuala Lumpur, his second piece at a public place.

Image via Fahmi Reza

Just a few days ago, Fahmi challenged the authorities and his followers to locate a huge poster that he left on a wall, somewhere in Kuala Lumpur. He has been using the hashtag #WheresNajib to give updates on the challenge.

Fahmi Reza's first large-size poster at Petaling Street.

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On 6 March, Fahmi went to stick his first large-sized 'penghasut' poster at Petaling Street at about 3 pm.

According to Fahmi, the police noticed the poster at about 8 pm that same day, and attempted to take down the poster with spray paint, thinking that the poster was a graffiti. By 11pm, the whole poster was gone.

If you happen to spot any of these #KitaSemuaPenghasut stickers, share the picture or tell us where you’ve spotted them in the comment section below.

As a sign of support, many other local graphic artists have been flooding the Grafik Rebel Untuk Protes dan Aktivisme (GRUPA) Facebook group with their own versions of the caricature:

In the midst of all the protest against PM Najib Razak, an online petition has been set up to show support for Najib:

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