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Is Umno in panic mode?

With six state elections on the horizon, the party seems to be pulling out all the stops for political survival.

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stumno - KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Jun -- Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim diiringi Presiden UMNO Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (tengah) ketika tiba pada Perhimpunan Agung UMNO 2023 di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL), hari ini. Turut hadir Timbalan Presiden UMNO Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (kiri) dan Setiausaha Agung UMNO, Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. --fotoBERNAMA (2023) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA KUALA LUMPUR, 9 June 2023 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim with Umno president Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi waving the Umno party flag at the Umno General Assembly 2023 at the World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur today.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (foreground, left) and Umno president Zahid Hamidi (foreground, right) at Umno’s annual general assembly on June 9.

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