A Kelantan Umno state assemblyperson has dubbed Jeli MP Mustapa Mohamed's decision to quit the party as the right step.

"Mustapa's action may be right for him, because if we look at it in terms of his credibility and personality, maybe he assessed the situation correctly.

"Umno today has indeed been tainted with materialistic and worldly tendencies," Gual Ipoh assemblyperson Mohd Bakri Mustafa told Malaysiakini when contacted today...