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GE date set to be on agenda as Umno assembly meets
Party's wins in Johor, Melaka polls fuel calls for it to demand snap election in Malaysia
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The timing of Malaysia's general election and Umno's awkward pact with Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) are expected to be some of the key issues raised during the Malay nationalist party's four-day general assembly this week.
Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his predecessor Najib Razak - part of the party's "court cluster" of leaders who are fighting graft charges - are pushing for polls to be held early this year.
