MALACCA POLLS | Umno is leaning towards taking on Perikatan Nasional (PN) in the Malacca polls over cooperating with them as the condition set out by the coalition is too difficult for the country's oldest Malay-based party to accept.

Two Umno sources, an Umno supreme council member and a political operative close to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, said their party took issue with the number of Malay-majority seats PN is eyeing.

The Umno supreme council leader, who spoke to Malaysiakini on condition of anonymity, said preliminary discussion saw Bersatu seeking...