Sources: Muhyiddin unfazed by Umno ‘threats’, unlikely to give in to demands


PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is unlikely to give in to Umno’s demands for a Cabinet reshuffle or to appoint one of its leaders as a deputy prime minister.

It is learnt that members of the Bersatu political bureau which met for three hours on Saturday (Oct 17) have urged their party president to stand firm and not cave in to “threats” or be “held to ransom” by any party in the government.

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