Rose violence: Global demo against M'sia

[updated 19 Feb 2008, 12.35am] Fiona Lee (photo), an ethnic Chinese from Malaysia, join the protest in New York "because these are issues affecting all Malaysians." She said, "To me, the marginalisation of the Indian community is very real" I grew up in Cheras and I belonged to a church group that used to visit Indian slums where the children had little access to education, food and even clothing," Lee said. "To say they are being equally treated is the biggest sham."

The demonstrations – which took place almost simultaneously in New York, Los Angeles, London, Belgium, Northern Island, Indonesia, New Zealand, New Delhi and Mumbai – were believed to be the first internationally-coordinated action in support of the Indian cause in Malaysia.