Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar described humour as subjective in responding to mounting criticism over the arrest of political cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, who often lampoons the prime minister and his wife.

To illustrate his point, Khalid cited the case of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which became the target of a terror attack for its cartoons on Prophet Muhammad.

“Charlie Hebdo is a classic example. The West considered it freedom of expression, but the cartoons offended hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world...