A small crowd turned up at KLIA to greet Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin who have just returned from his holiday abroad.

About 30 of his supporters were present at the arrival hall, despite reports of attempts to mobilise a substantial crowd earlier.

Some of his supportes chanted "Save Malaysia" and "Long live Tan Sri".

Earlier today, there was buzz on the social media and instant messaging networks on attempts to mobilise his supporters tonight.

One blogger, Shahbudin Husin, deduced that there are Umno members who believe that Muhyiddin is the person that will save the party and BN.

He also claimed that Muhyiddin's aides have been urging his supporters to appear at KLIA as a show of force.

DPM not in talkative mood

Muhyiddin was mobbed by reporters at the airport who posed questions about Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's ultimatum to cabinet ministers who disagreed on his handling of 1MDB.

In one instance, Muhyiddin replied with a curt "No" while holding his hand to indicate that he would not be answering the question.

When asked of his holiday, Muhyiddin replied: "Good".

But attempts to ask any other question were met with "No".

Najib had issued the ultimatum during the last cabinet meeting on Friday. However, Muhyiddin was not present as he was on leave.

According to Tourism Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz, Najib had told ministers to resign if they were not comfortable with how the 1MDB issue will be handled.

Muhyiddin has been critical of the 1MDB issue of late, moreso behind closed-doors with Umno members.