Malaysian police summon anti-PM protest organisers

The organisers of a massive weekend demonstration demanding the Malaysian PM’s removal over corruption allegations on Tuesday said they had been summoned by <g data-gr-id="13">police,</g> after the government earlier threatened they could face charges.

Several protest leaders were ordered to report to police and give statements tomorrow, said Maria Chin Abdullah, chair of Bersih, the coalition of Malaysian NGOs and activist groups that staged the huge rally. “It’s an absolute waste of time. They want to intimidate <g data-gr-id="14">us</g> but they won’t succeed,” she said.

PM Najib Razak has been under fire since the Wall Street Journal published Malaysian documents showing nearly $700 million had been deposited into his personal bank accounts beginning in 2013. 

Najib initially rejected the report, but his cabinet ministers have since admitted the transfers, calling them “political donations” from unidentified Middle Eastern sources.