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Umno's support for Muhyiddin not a U-turn, says Zahid

Umno throwing its support behind Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin as its prime minister candidate is not a U-turn, said Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

"It is not a U-turn. The Council of Rulers and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong decided that there will be no snap elections," the Umno president told Malaysiakini when contacted this evening.

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