Sea of red at WTC as Umno kickstarts its special meeting

KUALA LUMPUR – The World Trade Centre (WTC) here becomes sea of red as Umno’s grassroot leaders and its supporters attend the special meeting that will unfold today.

The special briefing was held at Dewan Merdeka of the WTC from 2pm and supporters had arrived hours prior to that.

Also seen at the hall were Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, vice president Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid, Women chief Datin Seri Noraini Ahmad, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein, Datuk Seri Jamal Yunos, Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin as well as other division chiefs and supporters.

Despite the attendance of many leaders, as of 3.17pm, Umno vice president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob was not seen at the hall.

Hundreds of Umno’s supporters who gathered were seen chanting “Malu apa Bossku” and “Hidup BN” in the hall, in support of former prime minister the newly incarcerated Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Solidarity banners for Najib were put up in front of Dewan Merdeka, here, as the meeting was expected to talk about the injustice from the imprisonment of Najib, as one of the briefing’s main agenda.

Also present were Najib's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and her daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib, with the latter expected to deliver a speech from her father at the meeting later.

Najib was sentenced to a 12 year prison term and a fine of RM210 million on Tuesday for misappropriation of SRC International funds.