Police break up Iranian protest in KL

I got these photos and news from the Malaysian Insider website.

Gosh, I thought they only fire tear gas at violent demonstrators....or opposition party members... or people in the mosque.

Iranians are also not spared? I mean, how violent can they be?

A Reuters photographer even said that the protesters were leaving when the tear gassing started.

I don’t actually know what it’s like at the UN Office, but I think to fire tear gas at a dispersing demonstrators needs some justifications.

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 – Malaysian police used tear gas to break up a crowd of around 500 Iranians demonstrating outside the United Nations mission against Iran's contested presidential election.

The demonstrators gathered on Monday after a landslide victory for hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday’s election.

“The protesters handed in a memo and were leaving when the police fired two rounds of teargas,” said a Reuters photographer.

Ahmadinejad beat challenger Mirhossein Mousavi in Friday's poll and the opposition has charged the incumbent with rigging the polls which triggered protests in Iran. – Reuters