Umno vice president Mohamed Khaled Nordin has chastised those who intend to press ahead with the pro-Najib rally on Monday, in light of a decree from Istana Negara and a warning from the police.

He said such groups are merely taking advantage of former Umno president Najib Abdul Razak’s pardon process as political capital and found such “seasonal solidarity” to be deeply distasteful.

Khaled (above) said this is especially true when considering the...