Only for a day:
"Malaysians seek voting reform" by Associated Press / July 10, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - At least 20,000 Malaysians defied government warnings by marching for electoral reforms yesterday, as police fired tear gas and detained more than 1,600 in the country’s biggest political rally in four years.
The crackdown on the opposition-backed demonstration in Malaysia’s main city, Kuala Lumpur, triggered criticism that Prime Minister Najib Razak’s long-ruling coalition was unwilling to allow public dissent or make election laws more fair ahead of national polls widely expected by mid-2012....
Officials insisted the rally was simply an opposition scheme to spark chaos and stir antigovernment sentiment, while activists accused authorities of being afraid of a protest that could undermine their authority.
Authorities blocked roads, shut rail stations, and deployed trucks with water cannons near the Independence Stadium in downtown Kuala Lumpur, where activists sought to gather. More than 200 activists had been arrested over the past two weeks for promoting the rally.
The large number of demonstrators who showed up despite the threat of arrest and the disruptions in transport links bolstered claims by activists that the government had misjudged public opinion by not allowing what they said would have been a peaceful rally....
And as we all know "those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
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Malaysia must be an Amerikan ally.
