GEORGE TOWN: Suspended Bukit Bendera Umno chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail was given a warrior’s welcome when he turned up for the division’s delegates conference.
The division’s adviser and de facto leader also opened the closed-door conference.
Ahmad was suspended on Sept 10 and stripped of all Umno posts for three years following an uproar over race-related statements he made during a ceramah in Permatang Pauh during the by-election campaign period a few months ago.
Upon arriving at a hotel at 3.40pm yesterday, he was greeted by cheers and accompanied by a kompang troupe into the ballroom, where silat exponents gave a brief performance.
Ahmad was presented a yellow tengkolok (headdress) by division adviser Azmi Merican, a yellow selempang (shawl worn across the body) by Umno veteran Saakyah Mat Isa, and a keris (dagger) by Umno veteran Abdul Rahman Lazim.
Ahmad raised the keris briefly to his lips and lifted it high before proceeding onto the stage.
The emcee announced the items were presented to Ahmad as a true Malay warrior of Bukit Bendera.
Abdul Jalil Ariffin was elected the new division chief.
The delegates passed a motion urging the Umno supreme council to cancel Ahmad’s suspension.
A similar motion was passed by the Wanita wing earlier in the day.
- The Star
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