Analysis

Pardons Board decision on Najib hits Umno hard

By Joceline Tan

THE first sign of a crisis in Umno on Friday night was the cancellation of the bumiputra economic colloquium scheduled for the next day.

This was after news broke that Datuk Seri Najib Razak had not been granted a pardon but given a sentence reduction from 12 years to six years.

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Joceline Tan

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