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Eight top opposition leaders were among 24 arrested this morning for trying to deliver a Bersih memorandum to Parliament on the extension of the Election Commission chief's retirement age.
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The police have closed all entries to Parliament since this morning, ostensibly to block members of polls reform group Bersih from submitting a protest memorandum on a proposed constitutional amendment.
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The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) has urged Parliament to reject the proposed amendment which will effect the extension of the EC chief's tenure by 18 months.
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The United States called on Malaysia to allow freedom of expression and assembly as the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi widened its crackdown on dissent.
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