Things have been quiet on the 'Miley Cyrus Photo Scandal' front lately but now the Disney starlet has been accused of mocking Asians in a new candid snap doing the rounds.

In this photograph Miley and a group of male pals pull their eyes in what is being viewed as a racist gesture, as an Asian-American sits among them.

And the picture - which hit the web over the weekend - has enraged the Asian-American community, with officials at advocacy group OCA demanding an apology from the 16-year-old Hannah Montana star.

The group's executive director says, "Not only has Miley Cyrus and the other individuals in the photograph encouraged and legitimised the taunting and mocking of people of Asian descent, she has also insulted her many Asian Pacific American fans.

"We hope that Miley Cyrus will apologise to her fans and the APA community for this lapse in judgment and takes the opportunity to better understand why the gesture is offensive."

Last year Miley prompted a storm of controversy when she posed in only a sheet for Vanity Fair magazine.

See Miley and current beau Justin Gaston below