Libyan embassy officials in Kuala Lumpur have joined their colleagues around the world in condemning Muammar Gaddafi for the killing of people who took part in the anti-government protest in their country.

According to Bernama, they joined about 300 Libyans who are mostly students in a peaceful demonstration outside the embassy here.

The protesters burned a portrait of Gaddafi in the two-hour demonstration before the police ordered them to leave.

An embassy official, Osama Ahmad, distributed a statement supporting the anti-government movement.

"We strongly condemn the ... elimination of our innocent civilians who were unarmed when they conducted a peaceful demonstration demanding their basic right of living like any other human being around the globe.

"...we would like to declare openly our support (for) and firm stand with our Libyan nationals," the statement said.

A protester Ahmad Al-Hariri told the news agency that he and the other demonstrators had friends and families killed.

The embassy staff in condemned the "massacre" of anti-government protesters and said they are no longer loyal to the embattled leader.

"We are not loyal to him, we are loyal to the Libyan people," ambassador Bubaker al-Mansori told AFP as Libyans staged an angry anti-government protest outside the embassy.

The noisy crowd chanted "Gaddafi game over", "Libya will be free" and "Stop the killing" before the mission opened its gate to allow them into the compound.

"The protesters here are demonstrating against the killing and murder that are happening in Libya," the ambassador said by telephone.

"We cannot stand by and allow this to happen to the whole Libyan community, so including us at the embassy, we are protesting this."

Public demonstrations are not usually permitted in Malaysia. A dozen riot police were on standby at the rally but did not disperse the protesters.

There are about 5,000 Libyans living in Malaysia according to the embassy.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon led global condemnation of the crackdown, which human rights groups said had left between 200 and 400 dead.

Ban said the UN Security Council would meet Tuesday to discuss the crisis, and voiced "outrage" at reports that Libyan security forces had fired on demonstrators from war planes and helicopters.

Libya's ambassador to India told AFP Tuesday he had quit because of "massive" and "unacceptable" violence against civilians that he said included the bombing of demonstrators by the air force.

"My resignation is because of the massive violence against civilians in my country," Ali al-Essawi told AFP.

"Yesterday they started to use airplanes to bomb civilians demonstrating peacefully."

Gaddafi denied fleeing the country Monday in a defiant television appearance as protesters overran several cities, shaking the foundations of his four-decade rule.

- Agencies