The protest in Malaysia over a demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak for his alleged role in a financial scandal; entered its second day on Sunday.
A massive rally held on day one passed off peacefully.
Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been leading the calls for Razak’s resignation.
Mohamad added momentum to the rally when he made a surprise brief appearance late Saturday with his wife to loud cheers from the crowd, and told the protesters to “carry on.”
Prime Minister Razak has been fighting for political survival after leaked documents in July showed that he received 700 million dollars in his private accounts.
He condemned the protests, saying that people in yellow attires of the Bersih Movement wanted to “scribble black coal on Malaysia’s face to the outside world”.
