Hishammuddin, Khairy and Syed Hamid accepted back into the fold of UMNO
Malaysiakini reported late last night that the UMNO Supreme Council (MKT) meeting held last night decided that the party has agreed to accept back its former leaders, including Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Mr. Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, and Tan Sri Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar. UMNO Secretary-General, Datuk Seri Dr. Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, said the Supreme Council fully supports the "Rumah Bangsa" (House of the Nation) initiative, proposed by its President, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, to accept back, without conditions, any members who were suspended, expelled, or left the party. "Among the names of applicants decided upon by the Supreme Council include Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar, and 6,252 former leaders and members at the UMNO Division and Branch levels throughout Malaysia," he said in a statement. In 2023, the UMNO Supreme Council (MKT) sacked Khairy, who is also the former UMNO Youth chief, and ...