Anti-graft groups have expressed concerns over Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail using his discretion to exempt Umno from being deregistered under the Societies Act 1996.

In a statement today, TI-M president Muhammad Mohan said that if the Registrar of Societies (ROS) found that Umno’s “no contest” motion was against its constitution, then the minister should “justify his reasons for granting the exemption”...