The former prime minister said he was embarrassed by the role of the United Malays National Organization in protecting the country’s current leader from accusations of graft. By Richard C. Paddock ...

Malaysian King Picks Ex-Deputy PM as Nation’s New Leader By Eileen Ng The appointment of Ismail Sabri Yaakob restores the United Malays National Organization to its accustomed position of power.

FILE – United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Barisan National (National Front) coalition President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, foreground, waves coalition flags during an event naming general ...

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told members of the United Malays National Organisation that their fight to free Najib was still ongoing, a month after a high court dismissed the ...

Anwar clinched the premiership after securing the backing of a once-dominant rival, a coalition led by the United Malays National Organization and other smaller parties for a majority to form a ...

United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Barisan National coalition President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, foreground, waves coalition flags during an event naming general election candidates at a ...

In Brief The strains between Malaysia’s governing coalition parties, Pakatan Harapan and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), are mounting, raising questions whether the coalition can last.

Then in 2018 voters ejected the United Malays National Organisation, appalled by the involvement of the prime minister, Najib Razak, in a scandal related to a $4.5bn heist of public funds.

Malaysia’s governance risk score in BMI’s Political Risk Index has risen to 28.2 this month, from 27.5 a year ago, the firm said in a report Wednesday.

Najib chaired the first leadership meeting of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) since a cabinet reshuffle in July when he sacked then deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and other ...