Malaysia 逮捕(する)s 30 at 集まり 抗議する against new 税金 -Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 (Reuters) - Malaysian police 逮捕(する)d 30 抗議する人s at a 決起大会/結集させる of more than 10,000 people in Kuala Lumpur, 論証するing against a new 税金, city police 長,指導者 Tajudin Md Isa said, 明言する/公表する-run Bernama news 機関 報告(する)/憶測d a day after the 抗議する.

Police said 抗議する人s lit 爆竹s and smoke 爆弾s at a nearby bank building during Friday's 決起大会/結集させる outside the iconic Petronas Twin Towers, によれば Bernama.

The 決起大会/結集させる was one of the largest shows of public dissent in the 資本/首都 since 主張s of 選挙 詐欺 誘発するd 集まり 抗議するs after 総理大臣 Najib Razak 辛うじて won re-選挙 two years ago.

The 抗議する人s were 需要・要求するing the 政府 除去する a goods and services 税金 (GST) which (機の)カム into 影響 on April 1 at a 率 of 6 パーセント.

The leader of the 選挙 改革(する) movement, Ambiga Sreenevasan, was の中で those 拘留するd for 尋問, the police 長,指導者 was 引用するd as 説.

Najib's 行政 has introduced the 消費 税金 to help 減ずる its 予算 赤字 at a time when Malaysia is 苦しむing from low 全世界の prices for its oil and natural gas 輸出(する)s.

Malaysia's 影響力のある former 首相 Mahathir Mohamad, who stepped 負かす/撃墜する in 2003 after running the country for 22 years, also 掴むd on the 問題/発行する to keep up attacks on Najib.

Last month, Mahathir called on Najib to やめる, 説 the 判決,裁定 Barisan Nasional 連合 would likely lose the next 選挙 with him at the 舵輪/支配.

(報告(する)/憶測ing By Yantoultra Ngui and Trinna Leong; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

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