{"id":49023,"date":"2015-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=49023 "},"modified":"2015-08-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T00:00:00","slug":"49023-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=49023","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian Protesters Flood Streets in Opposition to PM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Protesters listen to speeches during a rally organized by pro-democracy group Bersih (Clean) in Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 29, 2015.<\/div>
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Last updated on: August 29, 2015 9:47 PM<\/div>
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Protesters demanding the resignation of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal remained on the streets of the capital early Sunday, after the first day of the massive rally passed peacefully despite police warnings that the gathering was illegal.<\/div>
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The crowds flooded the streets wearing yellow shirts of the Bersih movement — the coalition for clean and fair elections — even after authorities blocked the organizer’s website and banned yellow attire and the group’s logo in a bid to deter the rallies, which were also held in other Malaysian cities.<\/div>
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Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has been spearheading calls for Najib’s resignation, added momentum to the rally when he made a surprise brief appearance late Saturday with his wife to loud cheers from the crowd, and telling protesters to “carry on.”<\/div>
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Najib has been fighting for political survival after leaked documents in July showed he received some $700 million in his private accounts from entities linked to indebted state fund 1MDB. He later said the money was a donation from the Middle East, and he fired his critical deputy and four other Cabinet members as well as the attorney general investigating him.<\/div>
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Najib has suggested that the corruption allegations are part of a “political sabotage” against Malaysia’s longtime ruling coalition, and he slammed the weekend protests for tarnishing Malaysia’s image. “Those who wear this yellow attire … they want to discredit our good name, scribble black coal on Malaysia’s face to the outside world,” he was quoted as saying by national news agency Bernama.<\/div>
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Police estimated Saturday’s crowd at 25,000, while Bersih said 200,000 participated at its peak.<\/div>
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