The police used water cannons and tear gas in an attempt to curb the protest rally, which lasted over eight hours and left the areas surrounding the famous Petronas Towers littered with shoes, flower pots and water bottles.

Protestors hurled bottles and stones at the police, who retaliated with tear gas and chemical-laced water. Witnesses said they saw protestors being beaten up and dragged away by the police in trucks. There were no reports of injuries, but the organisers said hundreds of protestors were detained by the police.

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