The Home Ministry’s decision to exempt Umno from a law that could see the party getting deregistered “confirms” there were irregularities in the Umno elections, claimed Aizat Fikri Nasir Fikri.

The Kuala Nerus Umno member, who filed a notice of objection with the Registrar of Societies (ROS) in January, said if the Umno polls were done properly, the minister would not have used his powers to exclude the provision of cancelling the party’s registration...