Umno has appointed Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki as its secretary-general, replacing deputy finance minister Ahmad Maslan.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said, meanwhile, has been made the party's information chief.

Umno supreme council member Mohd Sharkar Shamsuddin confirmed the matter to Malaysiakini this evening, and Asyraf...