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| Malaysian police break up protest | Malaysian police break up protest |
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| Malaysian security forces have used tear gas and water cannon to break up a protest by ethnic Indians in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. | Malaysian security forces have used tear gas and water cannon to break up a protest by ethnic Indians in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. |
| More than 20 people taking part in the banned march were detained by police. | More than 20 people taking part in the banned march were detained by police. |
| The demonstration was organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force, which is demanding the release from jail of five of its leaders. | The demonstration was organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force, which is demanding the release from jail of five of its leaders. |
| Activists say policies granting economic advantages to the ethnic Malay majority discriminate against Indians. | Activists say policies granting economic advantages to the ethnic Malay majority discriminate against Indians. |
| The Malaysia government has rejected claims of unequal treatment. | |
| Detention without trial | |
| Some 300 protesters defied a ban on public gatherings, and carried roses to symbolise what they said was a peaceful demand for justice. | |
| They were prevented by scores of police from marching to parliament to give the flowers to the Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi. | |
| The protest follows the arrest in December of five rights activists, during the biggest protest involving ethnic Indians in more than a decade. | |
| They are being held under a rarely used security law that allows indefinite detention without trial. |