Young leaders stamp their mark

Unexpected results: A man taking a photo of the results of the Umno polls at the party’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Several young leaders have taken over as Umno division chiefs in a fiercely contested party polls that saw a good number of incumbents being unseated.

This new group of leaders are in their early 40s at the most, and their successful takeover of the divisional leadership is regarded as a drastic change in the 77-year-old party.