UMNO Supreme Council meeting on Friday cancelled - Tengku Adnan

The UMNO Supreme Council meeting scheduled to take place on July 31 has been cancelled.

UMNO secretary-general, Datuk Seri Tangku Adnan Tengku Mansor in a statement said apart from the meeting, a closed-door briefing session scheduled for this Friday by party president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the Aidilfitri celebration has also been cancelled.

“This is to inform that the UMNO Supreme Council meeting scheduled to be held on July 31 has been cancelled. I am sorry for the inconvenience caused,” said Tengku Adnan.

Both events were scheduled to take place at the Dewan Tun Dr Ismail of the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) on July 31.

It is understood that the meeting was to among others discuss the 1Malaysia Developmet Berhad (1MDB) issue.

The meeting was also deemed important as they were expected to discuss the Cabinet reshuffling which took place on Tuesday.

The meeting was also deemed important as they were expected to discuss issues related to the Cabinet reshuffling on Tuesday, which saw the names of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as well as Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Shafie as Minister of Rural and Regional Development being dropped as Ministers.

Muhyiddin however, remains as the party’s Deputy President while Shafie the Vice President.