Top 10 Largest Street Demonstrations in Malaysia Part I (Ranking 10-6)

10. BALING DEMONSTRATION

DATE : around 1971-1974

ORGANISER : university students.residents of Baling

AIM : against poverty(unsure)

STRENGTH :unsure of numbers. However, important  demonstration becasuse after this event University and University College Act 1971 (AUKU) was enforced to university students

9. ANTI- ISA

DATE : 1st August 2009

ORGANISER : Pakatan Rakyat (opposition coalition)

AIM : protest against unlawful arrest under ISA

STRENGTH : 20 000+

8. PROTES (  Protes Harga Minyak)

DATE : 13th JUNE 2008

ORGANISER :  Coalition of NGOs

AIM : protest against price hike for petrol and household items

STRENGTH : 30 000+

7. BLACK 14

DATE : 14TH APRIL 2008

ORGANISER : DS Anwar Ibrahim supporters

AIM:   to mark the expiry of Anwar Ibrahim ban from public office, a decade after he was sacked as deputy prime minister. 

STRENGTH :  35 000+

6. ANTI-PPSMI  (Perlaksanaan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris)

DATE : 7th March 2009

ORGANISER : Gapena and former DBP stalwarts

AIM :  against the government’s idea of teaching Scence and Maths in English

STRENGTH :  unreliable source( some said 10 000-15 000, videos in youtube suggest more than 100 000,...)

Part 2 (Rank 5 to 1) is coming soon.

We are sorry that some of the figures could not be obtained from the internet.

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