Crowd disperses; 124 arrested, police on standby (Update 5)

More pictures on the protest Protest against the teaching of Maths and Science in English KUALA LUMPUR: Riot police fired tear gas into several hundreds of people marching to Istana Negara to protest the use of English in the teaching of Mathematics and Science at 2.40pm Saturday.

But by 3.20pm, the police and Federal Reserve Unit were successful in dispersing the crowd.