June 2023

HOME Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail says Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was granted special permission to visit former prime minister Najib Razak at the Kajang prison. Saifuddin said prisons department director-general Nordin Muhamad allowed the visit. “The prisons (department) director-general informed me …

UMNO deputy president Mohamad Hasan has refuted Annuar Musa's claims that two million members had left the party. He also reminded Annuar, who is also former Umno secretary-general, to be careful when making any statements about Umno even though it …

AS THE curtain drew to a close on the 2023 Umno general assembly yesterday, a cloud of uncertainty remained over the party ahead of the coming legislative assembly elections in six states. Events at the general assembly have done little …

A POLITICAL analyst has advised Umno to exercise caution when readmitting expelled and suspended members, warning those who return may turn out to be “Trojan horses”. Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya said Umno’s supreme council should avoid reinstating individuals …

TAMAN Dato Hormat branch chief Jefrizal Mohd Jaafar has lodged a police report on a slanderous article in Selangor Pas bulettin, Harakahdaily.net entitled 'Umno Tmn Dato Hormat bubar, ahli sertai Pas (Umno Tmn Dato Hormat dissolved). He said Pas failed …

UMNO will reconsider the fate and political future of party members slapped with disciplinary action, its president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. However, the decision will have to weigh their action as to whether they had made any open statement to …

FORMER Umno vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein remains unaware of the reasons why he was punished with a six-year suspension by the party last January, he said. As such, the former defence minister doubted the sincerity of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s …

Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani called on his party to name its candidates for the coming six state elections early to enable the grassroot members sufficient time to accept the decision and prepare, Mingguan Malaysia, the Sunday edition of Utusan Malaysia, reported …

Ahmad Maslan has defended himself against former Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman’s accusation that the former had failed in his previous role as the party’s secretary-general. Tajuddin, who is serving a six-year suspension from Umno, yesterday accused Ahmad of …