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Bersih 4 rally
Date29 August 2015 – 30 August 2015
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching
Goals
  • Free and Fair Elections
  • A Clean Government
  • The Right to Dissent
  • Strengthening the Parliamentary Democracy
  • Saving the Economy of Malaysia
  • Resignation of the Prime Minister, Najib Razak
Number

Police estimation: 29,000 – 50,000 in KL[1][2]

Bersih estimation: 500,000 in KL[3] (200,000 at peak)[4]
Casualties and losses
4 participants injured,[5] 16 participants poisoned [6]

The Bersih 4 rally was a series of planned rallies carried out on 29 to 30 August 2015 in major cities in Malaysia, namely Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.[7] There were subsequent rallies in over 70 cities around the world in support of the main rallies in Malaysia. The rallies were organised by The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Malay: Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih dan Adil) or Bersih (meaning clean in Malay) a coalition of non-government organisations which seeks to reform the current electoral system in Malaysia to ensure free, clean and fair elections. The rallies were being carried out with the objective to calling for clean and transparent governance in Malaysia as well as strengthening the parliamentary democracy system. The rallies are a followup to similar rallies that were carried out in 2007, 2011 and 2012. 30 August is the day before National Day which is on 31 August.

  1. ^ "Bersih declares fourth rally a success, claims half a million turnout". 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Bersih organisers don't care about rural folk, says Najib". themalaysianinsider.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ "500,000 were at Bersih 4, says organiser". Malaysiakini. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Pro-Najib blog: Mkini 'duped' Dr M into attending Bersih 4". Malaysiakini. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Bersih 4: Man throws firecracker at protestors, injures four – Nation – The Star Online". Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ^ "16 get food poisoning at Bersih rally; organisers say contaminated drinks an 'act of sabotage'". The Straits Times. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Bersih calls for August rallies in 3 states to demand PM Najib's resignation". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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