25,000 Malaysians Rally Against Premier
More than 25,000 opposition supporters gathered in Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s home state Saturday, pledging to end the leader’s 19-year control of the Southeast Asian nation.
The crowd, mostly Malay Muslims who were once Mahathir’s primary backers, gathered in the town of Jitra, about 300 miles north of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
“Our political attitude is growing mature,” Abdul Hadi Awang, vice president of the fundamentalist Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, told the crowd. “We must now remember to recognize the difference between the freedom fighters and the liars.”
Organizers at one point asked the people, “Can we bring Mahathir down?”
The crowd responded, “Yes! Yes!”
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