Re: The UMNO Elections: The Prime Minister Blinks

["M.G.G. Pillai" <pillai@mgg.pc.my>]

This story on the front page of The Sun this morning that Tengku
Razaleigh Hamzah holds a press conference at noon today, and a kenduri
(an UMNO euphemism for distribution of goodies to delegates, a clear
violation), at night is a hoax.  The source for that appears to be Dato'
Ibrahim Ali Al-Kataki, who seems to know more of what Tengku Razaleigh
does than the Hermit's own advisers.

If anything, this shows the Prime Minister gets extremely worried at
what the Hermit intends to do.  But his action clearly fails.  The
Tengku's office tells me he would issue a statement later today on this.

M.G.G. Pillai
pillai@mgg.pc.my



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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:17:53 +0800 (MYT)
From: "M.G.G. Pillai" <pillai@mgg.pc.my>
Reply-To: skmgg@listserv.net-gw.com
To: Sang Kancil <sangkancil@lists.malaysia.net>, SK <sk@lists.malaysia.net>,
    SK-MGG <skmgg@listserv.net-gw.com>
Subject: The UMNO Elections:  The Prime Minister Blinks

Less than a score of UMNO divisions have held their meetings and want
the Prime Minister and Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as their
president and deputy president.  A hundred percent choice.  But there is
another 150 meetings more to be held, about half completed by the
weekend.  The newspapes and the media are certain that the Hermit of
Langgak Golf has been flattened by the Mahathirian steamrollers that
many believe he is now the Chicken of Langgak Golf.  But the Prime

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