Tens of thousands of Malaysians protested in the capital Kuala Lumpur and other cities calling on Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign over the financial scandal.
The demonstrators were angered by the fact that unnamed foreign donors paid 700 million dollars into Razak's bank account, which was discovered last month during an audit of an over-indebted state fund, the BBC reports.
Prime Minister Najib denies any wrongdoing.
Today's demonstrations are expected to be extended into tomorrow.
The pro-democracy group Bersih, which is the organizer of the protest, also invited citizens of Kotakinabalu and Kuching, cities in the Malaysian part of Borneo, to take part in the protests.
Kuala Lumpur authorities, by the way, refused to grant Bersih a permit for the protests, and the Malaysian police declared them illegal.
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