There was a light drizzle in Shah Alam on Thursday night. Outside the Selangor Umno headquarters, a score of red-clad youths lingered like soldier fire ants protecting the colony.

There were more of them in the lobby, but the mood was lighter. A red-shirt with a gentle smile politely said the meeting was on the 7th floor.

The red-shirts were gathered in the Umno building that night as their leader, Jamal Md Yunos, was forging an alliance with 60 Malay rights groups to oppose the yellow menace, Bersih.