About 2,000 people flooded the Burmese embassy in Kuala Lumpur this morning in protest against the violent military crackdown in Burma.

A sea of people, all clad in red, gathered at Jalan Ampang as early as 9.45am after arriving on chartered buses and marched about half a kilometre to the embassy located in Jalan Ru.

The crowd mostly made up of Burmese - including those from minority ethnic groups - sang their national anthem followed by loud chanting of anti-junta and pro-democracy slogans.

Numerous protesters held posters and placards of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi along with posters demanding an end to the escalating violence due to a military crackdown on dissidents in their homeland.

Curious onlookers and local NGO members were also seen participating in the protest.

The area has been cordoned off under the watchful eyes of 100 police officers and Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel. Trucks and water cannons are also present.

Russia and China

Similar protests were held later at the curbside opposite the Chinese and Russian embassies, both located nearby along Jalan Ampang.

Both countries are known to be close allies of the Burmese miltary government which ended democratic rule of the resource-rich country in 1962 during a military coup.

Traffic along the normally busy Jalan Ampang was brought to a snarl as motorists slowed down to witness the protest.

Protesters dispersed peacefully at about 11.30am on after their representatives handed a protest note to the Russian embassy representatives. The note demanded that Russian and China end their support for the military junta.

There was no untoward incident reported during the orderly demonstration. It is believed to be one of the biggest demonstrations in Malaysia organised by foreigners.

Dozens of police personnel were seen in crowd and traffic control efforts. Cheras district police chief ACP Rusli Ahmad who led the police operation declined comment when approached.

It is believed that the authorities refrained from takin action against the 'illegal' demonstration for fear that parallels could be drawn with the bloody crackdown of protestors in Rangoon.

Plea to world leaders

Protest organisers included Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy (NLD) as well as umbrella group All Burma Democratic Force.

NLD spokesperson Kyaw Kyaw Min said the demonstration aimed to urge the international community in putting an end to the violent military crackdown.

"This protest is to let the world know that the evil government has cracked down on monks... We want the international community to stop that. We urge the UN to stop that," said Kyaw in a AFP report.

The uprising of the anti-junta protests began when more than 100,000 Buddhist monks and their supporters flooded the streets of Burma's biggest city Rangoon on Monday

The violence then began two days ago with tear gas, beatings and gunfire fired on the streets of the country's main city, killing four people including three monks.

According to AFP , nine more people were killed yesterday including a Japanese journalist and hundreds more arrested in a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.

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