Dressed in yellow, protesters walked through the center of Kuala Lumpur, causing traffic congestion in many tourist and focused before the Petronas after the initial plan is focused in Independence Square in police thwarted.An estimated 40,000 people joined the protesters, with one-fifth compared to a similar event last year, possibly due to fears of violence, and the leader of the pro-democracy group organizers, Bersih rally, were arrested. Several opposition leaders have also been arrested a day earlier.Malaysian Police said that the protests are illegal and will not hesitate to use tear gas or fire if the situation spiralling out of control. Bernama said about 7,000 police were deployed near the rally point.Prime Minister Najib confronted criticism since the Wall Street Journal reported last year that about 700 million us dollars from the National Fund 1MDB has been sent into a personal bank account.This year, Mr Najib continued to trouble when the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit alleging 3.5 billion dollars has been stolen from the 1MDB Fund and a portion of the money has been transferred into the accounts of Mr Najib.However, Malaysia's Prime Minister rejected the accusations and had consolidated his power by suppressing dissidents, who replaced Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, and closed several newspapers and websites.In a speech on his web site yesterday, Mr Najib Prosecutor protesters as "tools of the opposition".The group backed Mr Najib also marched into today. Local media reported a man later arrested for attacking the people in Group Bersih.
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