Police in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur have used water cannons and fired tear gas to break up one of the country's biggest anti-government rallies in nearly 10 years. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in heavy rains to the king's palace demanding electoral change. Al Jazeera's Hamish McDonald reports.






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