Protesters gathered in Kuala Lumpur\u2019s Independence Square and the Ampang Park area of the city in separate demonstrations on Sunday morning and evening to oppose Trump\u2019s support for Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.<\/p>\n
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Trump was in Kuala Lumpur to attend the 47th ASEAN summit, where he oversaw the signing of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand and announced a number of trade deals.<\/p>\n
In Independence Square, protesters wearing keffiyehs braved the midday sun while chanting \u201cFree, Free Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Protesters rally against US President Donald Trump\u2019s visit to Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur\u2019s Independence Square on October 26, 2025 [Erin Hale\/ Al Jazeera]<\/p>\n
Asma Hanim Mahoud said she had travelled 300km (185 miles) from the state of Kelantan in northeast Malaysia to attend the protest and another demonstration on Friday in front of the US embassy.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople who have a conscience know that Trump is a genocide enabler. Without him, Israel cannot kill all the children and people in Gaza,\u201d she told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not rocket science.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mahoud was dismayed that the morning protest had been moved by authorities from Ampang Park, close to the venue of the ASEAN summit, where protests earlier in the week had taken place.<\/p>\n
Police said they had expected between 1,000 and 1,500 protesters at the anti-Trump rally on Sunday, according to Malaysia\u2019s Bernama news agency.<\/p>\n
The turnout, while much lower, drew from a diverse swath of Malaysian society.<\/p>\n
Choo Chon Kai, a leader of the Socialist Party of Malaysia, said he was attending the rally to protest US foreign policy in the Middle East and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a solidarity rally against US imperialism, as well as solidarity with the people of Palestine and people all over the world who are victims of US imperialism,\u201d Choo told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
Choo also said he was disappointed the protest had been moved from the vicinity of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, where Trump and other leaders gathered for the summit.<\/p>\n
Protesters later gathered at Ampang Park, the original gathering site for the protest, in the evening to demonstrate against the US president\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n
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Asma Hanim Mahoud (left) travelled several hundred kilometres to attend a demonstration against US President Donald Trump in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025 [Erin Hale\/ Al Jazeera]<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just want to make a point that we are against the US policies, but unfortunately, our police have been very hostile to the protest and even shut down the area where we were going to protest,\u201d Choo said.<\/p>\n
Kuala Lumpur resident Mursihidah, who asked to be referred to by one name, said she and her husband had been attending pro-Palestine demonstrations since 2023.<\/p>\n
Mursihidah said protesters should no longer have to take to the streets after more than two years of war.<\/p>\n
Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement earlier this month \u2013 an agreement also overseen by Trump \u2013 but violence has continued, with each side accusing the other of breaching the truce.<\/p>\n
\u201cI honestly don\u2019t know why we\u2019re still doing this,\u201d she told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis shouldn\u2019t be happening, but somebody has to be their voice. We have to be their voice because they don\u2019t have a voice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds gather to express opposition to US president\u2019s attendance at ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11410,32,2194,7424,1055,12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-529181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-asia-pacific","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-gaza","11":"tag-israel-palestine-conflict","12":"tag-malaysia","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115440640630905745","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}