Malaysia's Mahathir calls for people power movement to oust PM

Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad, joining anti-government protesters for a second day on Sunday, called for a "people's power" movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal.

When the 1MDB scandal broke in 2015 hundreds of thousands of Malaysian took to the streets demanding Najib's resign.

When the 1MDB scandal broke in 2015 hundreds of thousands of Malaysian took to the streets demanding Najib's resign. Source: EPA

"The only way for the people to get back to the old system is for them to remove this prime minister," he told media before heading to the protests in central Kuala Lumpur.

"And to remove him, the people must show people's power. The people as a whole do not want this kind of corrupt leader."

Crowds of yellow-clad Malaysians demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak have
converged on central Kuala Lumpur again.

The demonstration on Sunday was just a day after tens of thousands paralysed the capital in a boisterous yet peaceful demonstration.
The two-day rally, one of Malaysia's largest in years, has been largely incident-free despite police declaring it illegal, blocking the organisers' website and banning their official yellow t-shirt
and logo.

Thousands of bleary-eyed protesters who slept on streets near the city's Independence Square woke on Sunday to mass exercises and a resumption of the previous day's carnival-like mix of speeches, sing-a-longs, prayer and the ubiquitous snapping of selfies.


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