News about Umno

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Penang UMNO chief Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir has been appointed as the new Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) non-executive chairman effective Monday (Nov 8), succeeding Datuk Dr Rameli Musa, who ended his service on Feb 1 this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was the “boss” of his family-run charitable foundation and “what the boss wants, the boss gets”, the High Court heard on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): The High Court will hear SRC International Sdn Bhd’s application to amend the writ in its RM16 million suit against Umno on Nov 10, the same day it will hear the party’s application to strike out the suit.

BAGAN DATUK (Oct 9): The people are not keen to have too many political parties as this can lead to ideological differences and cause the country’s economy to be mired in uncertainties, said UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s lawyer submitted today that the Umno president should be immune from prosecution because he cooperated with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) when it investigated him.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): Umno, which is seeking to quash a civil suit by SRC International Sdn Bhd, claims there is no cause of reasonable action against the political party.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 2): The Court of Appeal (COA) today dismissed the prosecution's appeal to forfeit RM192 million from central Umno, RM300,000 from Wanita MCA and RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 19): Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) will most probably “win the premiership race” and “set to form the next government after gaining a parliamentary majority”, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 5): UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (pictured) will resign as Boustead Holdings chairman effective today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Umno president Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi (pictured) said a number of Umno members of Parliament (MPs) have signed a declaration letter indicating their withdrawal of support for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.