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Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob on course to be Malaysia's next PM
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Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will likely have the support of 115 MPs.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob is on the cusp of becoming Malaysia's ninth Prime Minister after his party's 38 lawmakers decided late on Tuesday (Aug 17) to throw their support behind him.
Multiple sources told The Straits Times that a meeting of the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers agreed to nominate the Bera MP, who was deputy premier in the Muhyiddin Yassin administration which resigned on Monday.
