"I remember this very distinctly, having just come from China, thinking, 'How is China the next country on the horizon? They don't even have proper toilets'," said White House press secretary Katie Zacharia.

The rally on Friday (Oct 16) is in support of the two Cockroach Janta Party leaders detained and sent to jail this week for demonstrating at a protest site, said founder Abhijeet Dipke.

The four men were overwhelmed while battling flames in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java.

Malaysia has benefited from a global boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure that has driven demand for its tech products and semiconductors.