KEPALA BATAS (April 10): Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin's main focus at the moment is on his application to rejoin the party. "I think it is too early for us to discuss where to contest because I am just in the process of returning, so the matter is not appropriate to discuss," he told reporters after attending the Aidilfitri Open House of Bertam assemblyman Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican here on Friday night. After three years of being expelled from Umno, Khairy submitted an appeal letter to return to the party on March 15. “During his lifetime, Pak Lah had advised both of us, me as his son-in-law and Reezal Merican as his political son, to let Reezal Merican take care of Kepala Batas. I hope that Reezal Merican will succeed in the [next] general election and be able to reclaim the Kepala Batas parliamentary seat,” he said.

Source: The Edge Markets April 11, 2026 02:41 UTC