Malaysia: Warning on Protests
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/world/asia/28briefs-malaysia.html
November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Asia
Malaysia: Warning on Protests
By REUTERS [Malaysia] [SEAsia] [tension between ethnic groups including Hindus and ethnic Malay Muslims] [authoritarian tendency of Malasyia] [*******]
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi threatened to use a tough colonial-era security law that allows for years of detention without trial to stop a wave of street protests that have rocked Malaysia in recent weeks. More than 10,000 ethnic Indians staged a protest in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, over the weekend to complain of discrimination. [****] Two weeks earlier, another crowd of about 10,000 people rallied there to demand election reforms. The Internal Security Act “will be there,” the official Bernama News Agency quoted Mr. Abdullah as saying. “When it is appropriate to use it, it will be used.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/world/asia/28briefs-malaysia.html
November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Asia
Malaysia: Warning on Protests
By REUTERS [Malaysia] [SEAsia] [tension between ethnic groups including Hindus and ethnic Malay Muslims] [authoritarian tendency of Malasyia] [*******]
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi threatened to use a tough colonial-era security law that allows for years of detention without trial to stop a wave of street protests that have rocked Malaysia in recent weeks. More than 10,000 ethnic Indians staged a protest in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, over the weekend to complain of discrimination. [****] Two weeks earlier, another crowd of about 10,000 people rallied there to demand election reforms. The Internal Security Act “will be there,” the official Bernama News Agency quoted Mr. Abdullah as saying. “When it is appropriate to use it, it will be used.”
Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company