Malaysia to Block Kuala Lumpur Roads to Stop Protest Rally
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Major roads into Malaysia’s capital city will be closed and buses diverted tomorrow when a group campaigning for fair elections plans to defy a government ban on staging a protest rally in Kuala Lumpur, the police said.
“Anything that is under and within the powers of the police will be used depending on the circumstances,” Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today. This includes potentially using the Internal Security Act or Emergency Ordinance which allow for detention without trial, he said.