Malaysian opposition demands electoral reforms

Malaysian police said they will shut major roads and suspend public transportation into Kuala Lumpur's city centre to thwart opposition-backed activists, who Friday vowed to press ahead with a banned rally for electoral reforms.

Activists had hoped to draw 100,000 people for the country's largest political rally in four years, but the restrictions made a large rally unlikely.

“They are asking for a fair and clean election,” said Father Lawrence Andrew, editor of the Herald, Malaysia’s leading Catholic weekly.

He told Vatican Radio, “they are not here to try to overthrow the government,” despite government fears.

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