Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi has claimed that the party’s youth chief, Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh, was not present at Monday’s solidarity gathering for Najib Abdul Razak at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.

Instead, he asserted that Akmal was there to observe court proceedings related to a royal addendum order regarding Najib’s potential house arrest.

“The question of Akmal being a hero...