Kedah MB faces uphill battle as Umno leaders make joint call for his ouster


By ARNOLD LOHERIC TAN

ALOR SETAR: Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir is facing the battle of his life as all but one of the state’s 15 Umno division leaders have turned against him.

With grim and resolute faces, the 14 division leaders gathered yesterday to deliver a joint statement saying that they had lost confidence in Mukhriz as the state party chief and Mentri Besar.

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