Umno polls: Nizar Najib wins Pekan division vice-chief post

Datuk Mohd Nizar Najib delivered his speech during the UMNO president special briefing at WTC on August 27.—AZMAN GHANI/The Star

KUANTAN: Datuk Mohamad Nizar Mohamad Najib has won the contest for the Pekan Umno vice-chief with a landslide victory.

Nizar, the eldest son of jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, secured 769 of the 869 votes cast in the contest against Asmayudim Uyub.