Royal pardon bid expected to dominate Umno AGM

Everything checks outs: Asyraf (second from left) displaying the delegate’s bag during a media conference at the Umno building in Kuala Lumpur. — AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Calls for a royal pardon for Datuk Seri Najib Razak are expected to dominate the Umno annual general assembly (AGM) next week.

Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said that of the 662 proposals submitted by party divisions nationwide, 104 specifically call for the incarcerated former prime minister to be pardoned by the King.