GELANG PATAH: Delegates claim nomination was rigged

Gelang Patah Umno Youth division members showing a petition they collected to protest the nomination results

Tempers flared at the Gelang Patah Umno Youth meeting at a hotel here yesterday following the nomination of Deputy Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin for the national Youth wing chief's post. Most of the 146 delegates at the meeting, who were rooting for Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, voiced their dissatisfaction over the outcome, claiming that there was foul play during the vote-counting process.

They claimed that 70 per cent of the delegates had nominated Dr Khir and it was baffling to see Khairy's name cropping up at the end of the meeting at 5.30pm.

"I am shocked. You can say that none of us voted for Khairy. How could this be? There must be something wrong here," said former Gelang Patah Umno Youth vice-head Sahid Ammun.

SOURCE: Delegates claim nomination was rigged
New Straits Times, Malaysia