2020 Malaysia Intelligence Service protests

The 2020 Malaysia Intelligence Service protests were a series of protests and demonstrations as part of the 2020 Anti Government Protests beginning in early June 2020 opposing the formation of the Malaysian Intelligence Service (MIS) allegedly proposed by then Prime Minister iiSpaceRocket and his cabinet. Protests and demonstrations took place primarily at the Parliament with participations of police officers, auxiliary police officers and a mix of civilians.

Background
After the 9th General Elections which saw the victory of Parti Demokratik Malaysia with iiSpaceRocket as the Prime Minister candidate succeeding the founder of the party itself, Arifafeef. At the height of the anti government protests, Cl_ashAviator was removed from the cabinet as the minister of national security affairs, replaced by Irfan4944.

On the day of the protests, minister Irfan4944 released a press statement stating that the ministry, along with the National Security Council (NSC), will be forming the Malaysia Intelligence Service (MIS), which was believed to tackle the continuous string of anti government protests. The reaction by the public to this statement was immediately negative as shown by the public and specifically police officers of the Royal Malaysia Police.

Small, uncoordinated protests begin to form around Kuala Lumpur, with participation of police officers and civilians claiming the action by the minister is 'unconstitutional' as the formation of MIS did not go through the parliamentary process.

Protests and Demonstrations
The small groups of protesters and demonstrators consisting of police officers and civilians eventually merge and moved their protest venue to the Parliament. The protests and demonstrations were coordinated and planned by both officers from the PDRM and the myTransit Auxiliary Police (PB). It is also only then after the demonstrations moved to the Parliament was it then declared as a strike by the police.

Members of the Malaysian Armed Forces were dispatched to the protest as the last available unit of law enforcement to disperse the crowds but the attempt were futile. At approximately 10 PM, a portrait of iiSpaceRocket was seen to be hung on the Parliament building and then burnt simultaneously by a game admin. At the same time, then Yang di-Pertuan Agong robbywoods arrived at Parliament and was seen giving a speech on top of a makeshift podium. His Majesty was advising the participants of the demonstration to disperse peacefully. His Majesty left the scene 20 minutes later just as the situation got violent. An unknown protester reportedly threw a molotov at the crowd.

Aftermath
The protesters eventually dispersed after His Majesty gave his speech. At around the same time, minister SP3CTR3_Triton released a public apology stating that the statement made earlier by the ministry may have been misunderstood. 3 days later, prime minister iiSpaceRocket would make a public poll whether MIS should be disbanded effectively which ultimately did after 43 votes agreeing with the immediate disband of the MIS.

Security
As public safety before the MIS protests were already considered cautiously unsafe, the MIS protests caused even more anti governments protests and demonstrations days after 12 June. Public safety would continue to drop as both public popularity and confidence in the government would drop to the lowest levels seen in a PDM government.

Politics
The MIS protests is one of the largest factors that may have caused the political crisis that eventually led to the victory of PPR in the next general elections. Tan Sri Vermzy announced his resignation from the cabinet on the 24th June 2020 due to 'inability to continue to support the Prime Minister's policies and the position of the cabinet at large'. Vermzy would later return as the chairman of PPR with Arifafeef as the prime minister candidate for the 10th General Election.