4As Malaysia withdraws Kancil Awards won by Dentsu Utama for WWF and Web Privacy Watch

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Gorilla.jpgFollowing a thorough investigation, the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) has unanimously decided to disqualify a number of Kancil Awards won by a member agency, Dentsu Utama, as their winning works were deemed sufficiently close to works created in the United Kingdom and Sweden.

The creative work submitted for “Cross River Gorilla”, an anti-poaching campaign for World Wildlife Fund in Indonesia, and “Professional Man”, an internet privacy awareness campaign for Web Privacy Watch, contained almost identical images to the foreign works. The foreign works were posted in public ahead of the date of publication, as notified in the entry submission by Dentsu Utama. READ FULL STORY HERE