Meanwhile, Umno Youth is ready to demand justice for the 'balloon seller' involved in the commotion. Its chief, Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh, expressed his shock and sadness over the incident ...

Özgur Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party, at a rally in support of imprisoned Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Maltepe Park, Istanbul, March 29, 2025. KEMAL ASLAN/AFP ...

In response, authorities have beaten protesters with truncheons, used pepper spray and shot people with plastic bullets loaded with "irritant powder" that's like pepper spray, she said.