source: Malawi Times; Citizen (South Africa)
actor1: Rioters (Malawi)
actor2: Police Forces of Malawi (2014-)
location: Lilongwe
notes: 20 June. Demonstrators, led by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), Malawi Congress Party (MCP), and Malawi's United Transformation Movement (UTM), burned shirts and flags from the Democratic Progressive Party during a demonstration in Lilongwe. The demonstrators are demanding the Malawi Electoral Commission chairperson to resign due to the suspected irregularities during the 21 May elections. Police said that shops were also looted during the demonstration and two police officers have been injured when demonstrators threw rocks at the police. Police used teargas to disperse the crowds. [size=1000].