Police arrest Malaysian protest leaders--organisers | Inquirer News

Police arrest Malaysian protest leaders–organisers

/ 03:56 PM July 09, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police Saturday arrested two top leaders of a group that organised a huge protest rally to demand electoral reforms, organisers and one of those nabbed told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Ambiga Sreenivasan and Maria Chin Abdullah were arrested as police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

“Ambiga and myself have been arrested by police,” Maria Chin told AFP as she was being transported in a police van to an unknown location.

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