{"id":5002,"date":"2020-07-11T11:41:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T03:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2020-07-11T11:41:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T03:41:54","slug":"umno-open-to-all-malays-and-bumiputeras-ismail-sabri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5002","title":{"rendered":"UMNO open to all Malays and Bumiputeras &#8211; Ismail Sabri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KOTA KINABALU, July 10\u00a0\u2014 UMNO\u00a0is open to any Malay or\u00a0Bumiputera who wishes to join the party, said its\u00a0vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo us, any Malay and\u00a0Bumiputera\u00a0can (apply to) join the party,\u201d he told a press conference here tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said aspiring members would have to go through the normal procedure, and it is up to the Supreme Council to decide on their applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"umno\" class=\"wp-image-5003\" width=\"458\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-183x100.jpg 183w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-350x192.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-800x438.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1.jpg 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think many UMNO leaders have said that we are an open party. Many who left have returned. But it has to be decided by the Supreme Council,\u201d said Ismail Sabri, who is Senior Minister (Security Cluster) and Defence Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said this when commenting on calls by certain&nbsp;UMNO leaders for Prime Minister&nbsp;Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is Bersatu president and acting chairman, to rejoin UMNO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=1859412\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU, July 10\u00a0\u2014 UMNO\u00a0is open to any Malay or\u00a0Bumiputera who wishes to join the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1.jpg",1081,592,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-300x164.jpg",300,164,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-768x421.jpg",640,351,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1-1024x561.jpg",640,351,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1.jpg",1081,592,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1.jpg",1081,592,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1.jpg",1081,592,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1.jpg",1024,561,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1d0efa695dccd4c02862bafdb5bf026b5f0891e53a8f1.jpg",720,394,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=15\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}