Malaysian toll rate protest

Malaysian toll rate protest

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): More than 200 people from various opposition parties staged a peaceful antigovernment demonstration in the Malaysian capital on Sunday to denounce the imposition of higher toll rates.

Led by opposition leader Lim Kit Siang, the protesters, who were mainly Malays and Chinese, shouted "reformasi", "Destroy Mahathir" and "Remove the toll".

Passing motorists hooted as a tacit sign of support for the demonstrators.

Sunday's antitoll protest at the Pahang tollgate near the capital was watched by about 50 policemen. It is the fourth demonstration aimed at organizing public support for a review and renegotiation of highway privatization concessions.