Bersih 4 rally

Bersih 4 rally
Bersih 4 rally
Date	29 August 2015 – 30 August 2015
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching
Goals	Free and Fair Elections; A Clean Government; The Right to Dissent; Strengthening the Parliamentary Democracy; Saving the Economy of Malaysia; Resignation of the Prime Minister, Najib Razak;
Number
Police estimation: 29,000 – 50,000 in KL Bersih estimation: 500,000 in KL (200,000 at peak)
Casualties and losses
4 participants injured, 16 participants poisoned

The Bersih 4 rally was a series of planned rallies carried out on 29 to 30 August 2015 in major cities in Malaysia, namely Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. There were subsequent rallies in over 70 cities around the world in support of the main rallies in Malaysia. The rallies were organised by The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Malay: Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih dan Adil) or Bersih (meaning clean in Malay) a coalition of non-government organisations which seeks to reform the current electoral system in Malaysia to ensure free, clean and fair elections. The rallies were being carried out with the objective to calling for clean and transparent governance in Malaysia as well as strengthening the parliamentary democracy system. The rallies are a followup to similar rallies that were carried out in 2007, 2011 and 2012. 30 August is the day before National Day which is on 31 August.

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