KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian police Monday freed the head of a pro-democracy group which organised a mass rally calling on Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign over a massive corruption scandal.
Maria Chin Abdullah, chair of the pro-reform NGO alliance “Bersih”, was detained on November 18 on the eve of the rally and kept in solitary confinement.
Her arrest under a law designed to combat terrorism sparked international criticism including from the US State Department.
More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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