KUALA LUMPUR: The absence of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is felt at the Umno Youth meeting, with debaters highlighting the former party president's influence in the political landscape. Pekan Umno Youth chief Mohd Fakhrul Akhmal Mohamed attributed Barisan Nasional and Umno's dominance at the Melaka and Johor state elections to Najib's presence. "How can...
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh has suggested that it may be time for him to step aside, after having done his best to voice the concerns of the grassroots. In a cryptic post on Wednesday morning (Jan 7), he said he had done his best and conveyed the party's grassroots message as...
PETALING JAYA: The operation by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) against unlicensed traders on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman on Friday (March 28) night has been criticised after it led to a scuffle. Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim, the political secretary to the Finance Minister, described the incident as despicable and unacceptable after viewing the viral video, adding...
SHAH ALAM: The opposition should come forward to discuss amendments to the Anti-Party Hopping Act, says Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari (pic). This was in response to the opposition's dissatisfaction over the retention of parliamentary seats by the six Bersatu MPs who have switched their allegiance to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Amirudin believes...
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh has accepted the explanation from the company involved in the controversy over shoes with a logo said to resemble the word "Allah" in Arabic script. Verns Holdings Sdn Bhd, in a statement Sunday (April 7), said that the logo was actually a stylised depiction of a high-heeled...
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh is being investigated for sedition after two police reports were lodged against him, says the Inspector-General of Police. Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said Dr Muhamad Akmal was detained upon his arrival at Kota Kinabalu International Airport yesterday. “He was detained and taken to Kota Kinabalu police headquarters so...
JOHOR BARU: The controversy around socks sold at the convenience store chain KK Super Mart is an opportunity for understanding, says Johor Umno Youth chief Noor Azleen Ambros. “In the KK Mart issue, if we give them the benefit of the doubt, if we try to think well and can accept that it was a genuine...
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth has demanded banners at all 881 of KK Super Mart's outlets nationwide apologising over the controversial socks issue. Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh (pic) said they will resort to more "drastic" action if such an apology is not forthcoming at all KK Mart outlets or from its vendor within the...
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth has taken PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang and PKR's Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim to task over their respective statements on the royal institution. The movement's leader Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh said the cynical remark by Abdul Hadi about a recent speech by Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah...
PETALING JAYA: The viral letter purportedly from Umno Youth calling for an emergency meeting to discuss the party's exit from the unity government is fake, says Dr Akmal Saleh. The Umno Youth chief denied issuing such a letter, and added that he was notified of the fake letter by a close friend on Saturday (Dec 30)...
