COMMENT Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor tried the classic flushing-out tactic, which is to announce that his target is not going to do the very thing he does not want him to do - and then qualify things by saying he is not sure if his target is only joking.

This flush-out tactic will not work with Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, whose intention to contest the Umno presidency will not be made known until Sept 28, when such an announcement needs be made before the 191 Umno divisions meet to nominate candidates for the top posts in the party elections later in the year.

This use of the flushing-out tactic by Tengku Adnan suggests that Tengku Razaleigh's prospective candidacy is causing the camp of incumbent president Najib Abdul Razak plenty of anxiety...