Malaysian democracy group to stage 1MDB protest, calling for PM to resign

(This version of the Sept. 14 story has been corrected to clarify findings from the U.S lawsuits in paragraph 7) KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian democracy group Bersih said on Wednesday it would hold a protest rally calling for the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak to allow an independent investigation into the financial scandal at 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Bersih chairman Maria Chin Abdullah said the rally would be held on Nov. 19. More than 200,000 people marched through the streets in August 2015 in a similar rally organized by Bersih, which draws the bulk of its support from Malaysia's ethnic Chinese minority, calling for Najib's resignation.