KUALA LUMPUR: UMNO has announced the\u00a0sacking of Tan\u00a0Sri Noh Omar and Khairy Jamaluddin and the suspension of Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein for six years.
\nParty secretary-general\u00a0Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said Noh, who is a Supreme Council member, and Khairy, the former UMNO Youth chief, were sacked for\u00a0offences committed during the 15th general election (GE15) last November.
\nAlso sacked were five members from the Pasir Gudang UMNO Division, nine from the Putrajaya UMNO Division, two from the Tanjung Karang UMNO Division and 26 from Pahang UMNO.
\n\u201cAmong their offences were standing as Independent candidates, being candidates of parties other than Barisan Nasional (BN) and helping Opposition parties during GE15,\u201d he said on Friday night.
\nMeanwhile, Hishammuddin, the\u00a0Sembrong UMNO Division chief,\u00a0was suspended along with\u00a0UMNO Youth vice-chief\u00a0Shahril Sufian Hamdan, Tebrau UMNO Division chief\u00a0Datuk Maulizan Bujang and Jempol UMNO Division chief\u00a0Datuk Seri Mohd Salim Mohd Sharif.
\nMeanwhile, Ahmad said UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin has been appointed as\u00a0the new Johor UMNO Liaison Committee chairman, replacing former Johor menteri besar Datuk Seri Hasni Mohammad.
\nRegarding the\u00a0UMNO annual branch and divisional meetings involving the election of positions, Ahmad said the date for the conference was decided at tonight\u2019s meeting.
\nHe said\u00a0the\u00a0annual branch meeting and elections for the branch committees as well as their respective wanita, youth\u00a0and puteri wings would be held from Feb 1 to Feb 26.
\n\u201cThe delegates\u2019\u00a0meeting and elections for committee members of the Wanita UMNO, Youth\u00a0and Puteri wings at the divisional level as well as elections for the central level\u00a0Wanita EXCO,\u00a0Youth EXCO and Puteri EXCO would be held simultaneously throughout the country on March 11.
\n\u201cThe delegates\u2019\u00a0meeting and elections for the UMNO division committees as well as\u00a0the election for the UMNO Supreme Council members will be held simultaneously nationwide on March 18,\u201d\u00a0he said.
\nAhmad also announced that Tan Sri Shahrir Ab Samad had been appointed as chairman of the 2023 UMNO Election Committee while\u00a0Datuk Mustapha Yaakub was named as the secretary.
\nHe said the registration for candidates at the division and central levels\u00a0would open on Feb 13 and close at 5 pm on\u00a0Feb 26, adding\u00a0that further details on the matter would be announced later.
\nMeanwhile, Khairy tweeted: \u201cTonight I was fired by the party I love, to which I gave my\u00a0loyalty. Unbowed, unbent, unbroken\u201d.
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