Malaysia’s Penang orders Chinese tourist’s panda mural removed

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The Penang Island City Council has ordered the unauthorised mural at a building at Chew Jetty to be removed.In a notice dated Thursday, issued under Section 82 of the Local Government Act 1976 by the council’s Heritage Conservation Department, the building owner in the Malaysian state was instructed to erase and repaint the wall.The mural gained fame after a video of a Chinese tourist, known as Shen Shishi, painting a picture of a panda on the mural went viral online.She was accused of...