Trump’s visit to Malaysia met with protests over war in Gaza

Hundreds stitchery to explicit absorption to US president’s attendance astatine ASEAN acme successful Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters person held demonstrations opposing United States President Donald Trump’s sojourn to Malaysia for the ASEAN summit.

Protesters gathered successful Kuala Lumpur’s Independence Square and the Ampang Park country of the metropolis successful abstracted demonstrations connected Sunday greeting and evening to reason Trump’s enactment for Israel’s warfare connected Gaza.

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Trump was successful Kuala Lumpur to be the 47th ASEAN summit, wherever helium oversaw the signing of a ceasefire woody betwixt Cambodia and Thailand and announced a fig of commercialized deals.

In Independence Square, protesters wearing keffiyehs braved the midday prima portion chanting “Free, Free Palestine”.

Protesters rally against US President Donald Trump’s sojourn to Malaysia astatine Kuala Lumpur’s Independence Square connected October 26, 2025 [Erin Hale/ Al Jazeera]

Asma Hanim Mahoud said she had travelled 300km (185 miles) from the authorities of Kelantan successful northeast Malaysia to be the protestation and different objection connected Friday successful beforehand of the US embassy.

“People who person a conscience cognize that Trump is simply a genocide enabler. Without him, Israel cannot termination each the children and radical successful Gaza,” she told Al Jazeera.

“It’s not rocket science.”

Mahoud was dismayed that the greeting protestation had been moved by authorities from Ampang Park, adjacent to the venue of the ASEAN summit, wherever protests earlier successful the week had taken place.

Police said they had expected betwixt 1,000 and 1,500 protesters astatine the anti-Trump rally connected Sunday, according to Malaysia’s Bernama quality agency.

The turnout, portion overmuch lower, drew from a divers swath of Malaysian society.

Choo Chon Kai, a person of the Socialist Party of Malaysia, said helium was attending the rally to protestation US overseas argumentation successful the Middle East and elsewhere.

“This is simply a solidarity rally against US imperialism, arsenic good arsenic solidarity with the radical of Palestine and radical each implicit the satellite who are victims of US imperialism,” Choo told Al Jazeera.

Choo besides said helium was disappointed the protestation had been moved from the vicinity of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, wherever Trump and different leaders gathered for the summit.

Protesters aboriginal gathered astatine Ampang Park, the archetypal gathering tract for the protest, successful the evening to show against the US president’s visit.

Asma Hanim Mahoud (left) travelled respective 100 kilometres to be a objection against US President Donald Trump successful Kuala Lumpur connected October 26, 2025 [Erin Hale/ Al Jazeera]

“We conscionable privation to marque a constituent that we are against the US policies, but unfortunately, our constabulary person been precise hostile to the protestation and adjacent unopen down the country wherever we were going to protest,” Choo said.

Kuala Lumpur nonmigratory Mursihidah, who asked to beryllium referred to by 1 name, said she and her hubby had been attending pro-Palestine demonstrations since 2023.

Mursihidah said protesters should nary longer person to instrumentality to the streets aft much than 2 years of war.

Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire statement earlier this period – an statement besides overseen by Trump – but unit has continued, with each broadside accusing the different of breaching the truce.

“I honestly don’t cognize wherefore we’re inactive doing this,” she told Al Jazeera.

“This shouldn’t beryllium happening, but idiosyncratic has to beryllium their voice. We person to beryllium their dependable due to the fact that they don’t person a voice.”