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[UPDATED] Perak Umno meeting ends, MB poser lingers

Party leaders stay mum as frontrunner Datuk Saarani Mohamad gives press the slip

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 05 Dec 2020 10:28PM

[UPDATED] Perak Umno meeting ends, MB poser lingers
Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamid gave little in the way of the details to members of the media waiting for the special party meeting in Ipoh, Perak to conclude. The Bagan Datuk MP only said that Perak Umno chief Datuk Saarani Mohamad would hold a press conference, but the latter made off without a word. – SAIRIEN NAFIS/The Vibes pic, December 5, 2020

by Azril Annuar

IPOH – The special Perak Umno meeting tonight, which was expected to discuss the party's menteri besar candidates, has ended.

Former Supreme Council member and Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz told the press waiting outside the party's headquarters here that the meeting lasted around one hour.

“The president (Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi) is chatting with the assemblymen.

“The meeting is over, it lasted around one hour,” said Nazri briefly.

Later, Zahid, Supreme Council member and Pasir Salak MP Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, and former Perak menteri besar and Pangkor assemblyman Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir were seen leaving the building.

When asked about the details of tonight’s meeting, they were tight-lipped regarding the agenda.

All they said was Perak Umno state liaison chairman and Kota Tampan rep Datuk Saarani Mohamad was supposed to give a press conference.

However, Saarani, who is said to be a front runner for the menteri besar position gave the press corp the slip and snuck out through the building’s basement elevator.

The other possible menteri besar candidate from Umno is believed to be Rungkup assemblyman Datuk Shahrul Zaman Yahya. – The Vibes, December 5, 2020

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