US defends right to peaceful protests in M'sia

According to AFP, " the United States underscored Wednesday the rights of Malaysians to hold peaceful protests, after Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's government swiftly suppressed mass rallies and threatened to use a draconian law to detain protestors indefinitely without trial ". It is the first US response to the situation in Malaysia after two massive rallies broke out recently in defiance of police ban.

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