Malaysians Rally at Anti-Najib Protest as He Vows to Stay On
- More ethnic Malays at 2016’s rally, Chinese still dominate
- Demonstration may not post immediate threat to Najib: analyst
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Thousands of Malaysians gathered in the country’s capital demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak as his critics sought to maintain pressure on the premier over a funding scandal.
Protesters in yellow shirts marched through downtown Kuala Lumpur amid heavy police presence as pro-government supporters threatened to disrupt the activities. Police said both sides didn’t have permissions to gather and closed roads ahead of the fourth major rally by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, or Bersih, since Najib came to power in 2009.