COMMENT | In a candid interview by the Asia Times, Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan may have triggered another round of power struggle in Umno by baring his thoughts on former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s role in the infamous 1MDB scandal.

In the frank chat with interviewer Nicholas Cochan, Muhamad, popularly known as Tok Mat, blamed Najib for having singlehandedly caused the fall of Umno in the last general election due to his failure to come clean on the 1MDB scandal and to step aside temporarily.

And he also stated that the root of the nation’s current malaise stems from his party Umno’s failure to tell the truth about the scandal.

As for Najib’s constant claim of innocence, Tok Mat said...