KJ sacked, Hishammuddin suspended
Meanwhile, several others have been suspended including Sembrong MP Hishammuddin Hussein and incumbent deputy Umno Youth chief Shahril Hamdan Suffian...
Umno presidential hopeful Khairy Jamaluddin has been sacked by the party.
Earlier, the party had also sacked supreme council member Noh Omar, who asked to be let go after he was suspended for six years.
Umno secretary-general Ahmad Maslan announced in a statement that they were axed for breaching party discipline during the 15th general election.
However, the specifics of their offences were not mentioned.
Khairy had wanted to challenge Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for control of the party.
He had also alleged there were "phantom delegates" planted at the Umno annual general assembly (AGM) in order to pass a motion that would bar contest for the party’s presidency and deputy presidency.
Khairy had said yesterday that he would remain loyal to Umno and rejected overtures for him to join Perikatan Nasional.
Meanwhile, Ahmad said the party has also sacked 26 Pahang Umno members, as well as five from the Pasir Gudang division, Putrajaya division (9) and Tanjung Karang (2).
Several others have been suspended for six years including Sembrong MP Hishammuddin Hussein and incumbent deputy Umno Youth chief Shahril Hamdan Suffian.
Also suspended were former Jempol MP Salim Sharif and former Tiram assemblyperson Maulizan Bujang.
The reason for their suspension was not stated.
Earlier, Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi said in a Facebook post that fellow council member Fathul Bari Mat Jahya had also been suspended.
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However, Fathul was not among those that Ahmad declared had been suspended in the official party statement.
The sackings and suspensions were meted out following a supreme council meeting on Friday night, with Ahmad saying that the party had acted on the recommendations from its disciplinary board.
On a related matter, the party also announced that Umno vice-president Khaled Nordin will be the new Johor Umno chief, replacing former menteri besar Hasni Mohammad.
