Malaysia’s UMNO set to welcome Khairy, Hishammuddin back into the fold as election season nears

Malaysia’s UMNO set to welcome Khairy, Hishammuddin back into the fold as election season nears

The two former ministers are set to return to the fold as UMNO seeks to strengthen its position ahead of upcoming state and federal elections. Read more at straitstimes.com.

'I'm coming home': Former Malaysia ministers Khairy, Hishammuddin seek Umno readmission

Amid growing rumblings of a snap poll in Malaysia, former Umno ministers Khairy Jamaluddin and Hishammuddin Hussein have appealed to return to the once dominant party's fold. In January 2023, Malaysia's former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin, 50, was sacked from Umno for "violating party discipline", while former defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein, 64, was suspended for six years. In a Facebook post on Monday (March 16), Khairy expressed hi…