Tens of thousands protest in capital
From Times Wire Reports
Police in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, used water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters in one of the nation’s biggest anti-government rallies in nearly a decade. Police arrested at least a dozen people as tens of thousands of protesters, led by opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim, marched in heavy rain to the king’s palace to demand changes to the country’s electoral system.
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