News about Umno

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 25): A five-member Federal Court bench today directed parties involved in a dispute over the delay in Umno election in 2018 to make further submissions on whether a section of the Societies Act was rightly applied by the High Court and the Court of Appeal to halt a challenge by 16 former Umno members.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 14): The Federal Court has today dismissed an appeal by former Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Nor Adam (pictured) to set aside the High Court's decision granting leave to initiate contempt proceedings against him.

JOHOR BAHRU (Jan 11): UMNO is not putting pressure for the 15th General Election (GE15) be held soon, but when the Covid-19 pandemic has subsided to a low number of cases.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 6): Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pictured) today said that he accepted his sacking as Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general and Muafakat Nasional (MN) Joint-Secretary-General which took effect yesterday.

PASIR SALAK (Dec 26): The involvement of UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured) in the PN presidential council is aimed at monitoring the policies implemented by the government led by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, says UMNO Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The High Court here has fixed Feb 8 and 9, 2021 to hear the prosecution's application to forfeit luxury items such as jewellery, cash and watches from a raid conducted by the police two years ago at the Pavilion apartment owned by OBYU Holdings Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): It is UMNO’s stand that the Perak Perikatan Nasional (PN) Government should be maintained because the confidence vote tabled at the State Legislative Assembly yesterday involved only the Menteri Besar’s post, said UMNO secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has urged the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to make it easier for contributors to make a one-off withdrawal of RM10,000 by not imposing any conditions.

IPOH (Nov 18): Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) deputy president Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu welcomed the DAP proposal that the by-election for the Gerik Parliamentary constituency be uncontested, following the death of incumbent Datuk Hasbullah Osman on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): The fate of former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor over his RM2 million corruption charge will be known on Dec 21.