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Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's surprise appearance at the Reformis Malaysia convention drew cheers and jeers.
The 91-year-old was not listed in the itinerary, but he arrived in the midst of the first panel session of the convention and inadvertently interrupted the panel moderator's speech.
The crowd, realising who had just entered the hall, immediately began shouting "Reformasi" (Reformation) and "Bebas Anwar" (Free Anwar), with a few shouts of "Firaun" (Pharoah).
The panel moderator managed to placate the crowd into calming down.
He then resumed the panel, though the panel members appeared to have lost some of the attention of the crowd, who remained preoccupied with Mahathir's presence.
Anwar, who was Mahathir's deputy prime minister, was removed from government and as Umno deputy president in 1998 and was later imprisoned on sodomy charges.
Anwar's supporters have long blamed Mahathir for his fall from power and his incarceration.
The Reformasi movement, started by Anwar after he was sacked, began in 1998 as a campaign calling for Mahathir's resignation and the end of corruption in government.
Earlier in the convention, attended by many of the Reformasi movement supporters, a number of attendees had expressed anti-Mahathir sentiment in response to other speeches which mentioned Mahathir.
[More to follow]
-Mkini
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