Malaysia’s former premier Mahathir Mohamad said Saturday he will rejoin the ruling party UMNO which he quit last year after falling out with his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Mahathir, who spent more than two decades in power, hand-picked Abdullah to replace him 2003 but was enraged by the new leader’s decision to dismantle several of [...]

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and veteran party man Tan Sri Sanusi Junid announced Monday that they are quitting Umno. Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced this on Monday at 12.35pm, citing a lack of confidence in the current leadership. “I am quitting Umno today,” he told about 1,000 people, mostly Kedah Umno members, at [...]

In 1969, the alliance suffered heavy losses. Dr Mahathir Mohamad then wrote a scathing letter to the prime minister. In the recent general election Barisan Nasional faced with another crushing defeat. His son also pens a letter to the prime minister. Umno leader Mukhriz Mahathir has called for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to resign [...]

Are you surprised by the results? I think it’s shocking. Although I expected BN to lose but I did not think that they lost five states. I’m sorry that I made the wrong choice in Pak Lah. I never expected a PM to reverse all the policies of the government. So I think the people [...]