THE World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur today was swarmed with thousands of Umno members, who had come for a briefing on the party’s plans for the next general election.

Also seen were jailed former prime minister Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor, their children, and his lawyers Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and Zaid Ibrahim.

The briefing is to be carried out by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also expected to talk about Najib’s prison sentence, which began on Tuesday. 

The halls of WTC were decked with banners of Najib, reading: “Bossku, kami bersamamu” (Bossku, we are with you), “Pray for Najib”, and “Ini Pendakwaan Politik” (this is political prosecution). 

Zahid, deputy president Mohamad Hasan, secretary-general Ahmad Maslan, Malacca chief Abdul Rauf, Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Yunos and former vice president Hishammuddin Hussein were all in attendance. – August 27, 2022.