Electoral reform group Bersih said it disagreed with Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar who stated that street protests were "not the Malaysian way" and warned of riots.

"The Bersih rallies over the years had been referred to by the sultan of Johor in a statement yesterday as 'black marks' and 'riots' in our nation's history as, in His Majesty's views, these protests only led to 'negative' impacts such as chaos and destruction.

"Bersih respectfully disagrees, and we would like to point out that...