Anger is growing at the government's handling of the virus outbreak, which is escalating despite a lockdown, and Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's attempts to keep his crisis-riven administration in power.
KUALA LUMPUR – Hundreds of black-clad Malaysians staged an anti-government protest Saturday in defiance of a ban on public gatherings under coronavirus curbs, piling pressure on the embattled prime minister to resign.
It was the first sizeable demonstration in Malaysia for some time, as many had been reluctant to take to the streets due to virus curbs and for fear of getting infected. "We fight because while the people are suffering, this government is busy playing politics," Karmun Loh, taking part in the protest in downtown Kuala Lumpur, told AFP.Muhyiddin "is a terrible prime minister", added demonstrator Shaq Koyok.There was a heavy police presence and officers blocked attempts by protesters to enter a central square before the rally peacefully dispersed.
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