Sasikumar, 45, a car cleaner who lost his job during the lockdown, hanging a white flag outside his home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, on Monday.

In 2016, a teen Taiwanese K-pop singer was forced to apologise for waving the flag during an online broadcast, which stoked anger in China and accusations that she was an independence advocate.

Taipei (AFP) – Taipei accused China on Wednesday of pressuring organisers of a Malaysian trade event into barring a Taiwanese beauty queen waving the island's flag on stage. Issued on: 14/09 ...

Taiwan says beauty queen barred from waving flag in Malaysia. Taipei (AFP) – Taipei accused China on Wednesday of pressuring organisers of a Malaysian trade event into barring a Taiwanese beauty ...