AFP, 19 Oct 2008
SINGAPORE (AFP) — They clapped and cheered, about 600 of them, in the biggest outdoor rally tightly-controlled Singapore had seen in years.
Most in the crowd had not attended a protest before, but on that humid Saturday afternoon they openly vented anger at financial institutions over the possibility of losing their money in investments soured by global market turmoil.
In a country where protests are traditionally the domain of a tiny political opposition and a vocal group of human rights activists, the rally on October 11 by disgruntled financial investors was a rarity.
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