Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had already agreed to review the law
Thousands of people have demonstrated in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, against a controversial, decades-old law allowing detention without trial.
Police fired tear gas at protesters as they began a march towards the national palace calling for reform.
Government officials had warned they would crack down on protests. Security forces made dozens of arrests.
Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had already agreed to review the controversial Internal Security Act.
The protest started after prayers finished at the national mosque, when a crowd of about 1,000 marched along one of the city's main streets.
A second crowd of several thousand came from the opposite direction.
The protesters had planned to submit a petition to the king denouncing the security law.
Malaysia has been through a year of political turbulence as liberals and Islamists try to wrest power from the long-ruling UMNO Malay nationalist party.
Thousands of people have demonstrated in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, against a controversial, decades-old law allowing detention without trial.
Police fired tear gas at protesters as they began a march towards the national palace calling for reform.
Government officials had warned they would crack down on protests. Security forces made dozens of arrests.
Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had already agreed to review the controversial Internal Security Act.
The protest started after prayers finished at the national mosque, when a crowd of about 1,000 marched along one of the city's main streets.
A second crowd of several thousand came from the opposite direction.
The protesters had planned to submit a petition to the king denouncing the security law.
Malaysia has been through a year of political turbulence as liberals and Islamists try to wrest power from the long-ruling UMNO Malay nationalist party.
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