Kota Kinabalu: Ketua Umno Tawau, Ghazalie Ansing, berjaya dalam saman sivilnya untuk menuntut ganti rugi libel terhadap bekas isterinya dan seorang lagi defendan berhubung satu kes fitnah dua tahun lalu.
PETALING JAYA: Umno leaders are meeting here tonight with discussions expected to focus on a disputed order for its former president and prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest.
PETALING JAYA: With Sabah Umno no longer the dominant force it once was, the party risks a bigger setback in the next state assembly elections should it continue to antagonise its federal allies, an analyst said.
PETALING JAYA: Zaid Ibrahim has urged Bung Moktar Radin to resist calls to step down as Sabah Umno chief over his corruption case, saying the Kinabatangan MP will not win any extra votes by resigning from the post.
PETALING JAYA: A union of Umno, Bersatu and PAS may be a dimming dream, given the three parties’ ongoing competition to be the leading voice of the Malay community, say analysts.
PETALING JAYA: Sabah Umno is ramping up preparations for possible early elections to the state assembly, with its machinery on alert, says the party’s state elections director Jeffery Nor Mohamed.
SANDAKAN: Sabah Umno wants the authorities to probe and take decisive action for sedition against those who openly agitate for Sabah’s secession in social media.
Kuala Lumpur: Barisan Nasional (BN) can secure a bigger majority in the Mahkota state by-election if all party machinery works in a coordinated manner, said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
PETALING JAYA: A political analyst says Umno must return to its historically successful middle ground position to regain a firm foothold in Malaysian politics.
PETALING JAYA: A former Sabah chief minister has called on Umno and Barisan Nasional to recognise and make allowances for the distinct nature of politics in the state.
PETALING JAYA: A former Umno treasurer has urged party members to refrain from criticising the top leadership in public as such actions do not benefit the party in any way.
PETALING JAYA: Umno’s decision not to give its Sabah chapter autonomy to decide on electoral alliances should not be taken to mean the party’s central leadership has lost confidence in Sabah Umno chief Bung Moktar Radin, says an analyst.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today varied Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam’s sentence for intimidating a key witness in Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial by substituting his jail sentence with a one-year bond of good behaviour.