Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic’s wall mural of an old man in Ipoh, Perak, was accused of being in the likeness of Chin Peng, the exiled leader of the Malayan Communist Party. Chin Peng was born in the state of Perak. There were calls to remove or modify the work before the Ipoh City Council issued a statement denying the work was of Chin Peng and affirming that it would remain as is.