BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has labelled as "slander" (fitnah) a report by online portal Suara.tv on a purported order from him for all Umno MPs to vacate their government positions before Feb 1.

Zahid's official Telegram messenger group initially shared a link to the "exclusive story", claiming the Umno president had issued the order earlier today during his meeting with party division leaders at the Umno headquarters.

Yesterday, Umno's Machang MP Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub resigned from his post as the Malaysian Palm Oil Board chairperson, after calling for polls to be held soon...