Media Statement

UMNO secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said many who have left the party are now applying re-entry into Umno. However, he refused to name them but confirmed has received some applications. "Many personel who left us are sending in their application …

YOUNG candidates will be given priority in the 16th General Election (GE16), says Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Dr Ahmad Zahid, who is also Barisan Nasional chairman, said putting out young candidates was the way forward, as the …

FORMER finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin died on Wednesday morning, aged 86. His death was first confirmed by his lawyer Datuk Gurdial Singh Nijar. In a statement later, Daim’s family said he died at 8.21am at Assunta Hospital in Petaling …

UMNO veterans have joined the call for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to replace tourism, arts and culture minister Tiong King Sing over his remarks about Chinese-language signboards. Describing Tiong’s statement as “humiliating”, Umno veterans’ club secretary Mustapha Yaakub said the …

UMNO has informed the High Court on Monday that it is seeking an out-of-court settlement in the RM16 million civil suit against them by SRC International and its two subsidiaries. In the civil suit that was slated to begin on …

THE Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also the Rural and Regional Development Minister, yesterday started an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Wednesday (Nov 13) until Nov 19. In a statement on Wednesday, …

THE Umno supreme council has revoked the suspension of former Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman’s (pic) membership in Umno with immediate effect. Umno Secretary-General Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, in a statement issued to the media after the Supreme Council …

BUNG Moktar Radin said he will not entertain calls for him to step down as Sabah Umno chief over his corruption case and declared he would continue to lead the party’s state chapter. The Kinabatangan MP was urged to resign …

A SABAH Umno leader has denied that the party was involved in exposing the alleged bribery case involving eight assemblymen in the state. Beaufort Umno chief Awang Aslee Lakat acknowledged that certain quarters were pointing to Sabah Umno as orchestrating …