Umno purge: Anti-hop law likely a factor in not sacking rogue MPs, say political analysts

PETALING JAYA: The anti-hopping law may have played out as an important factor in Umno’s decision to merely suspend elected representatives instead of giving an outright boot in what was deemed to be as the party’s great purge in recent times.

Two former MPs Khairy Jamaluddin and Tan Sri Noh Omar were sacked while Sembrong MP Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein was suspended from the party.