Former Tanah Merah Umno division secretary Amran Abdul Rahman claimed that he had not received any letter from Umno

headquarters expelling him from the party.

As such, he said, he considered himself to still be an Umno member.

"Until now, I have not received an official letter from the Umno headquarters and I only knew about it (expulsion) from news report yesterday," he told Bernama in Tanah Merah today.

He also said that at the Umno Supreme Council meeting which was chaired by party president Najib Abdul Razak last Feb 25, the matter was not mentioned.

Amran, 46, was asked on his membership in Umno following his action in filing a suit against Tanah Merah Umno division chief Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz and the deputy division secretary Baharuddin Yusof.

In the suit, filed at the Kota Bharu High Court, Amran claimed that that their victories in the 2008 party elections were doubtful.

In the elections, Ikmal Hisham won unopposed after securing nomination from 92 out of 108 branches while Baharuddin defeated incumbent Saari Hassan.

Yesterday, Tanah Merah Umno division secretary, Ahmad Ismail, said that the division received a letter from Umno headquarters, signed by the party’s secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, informing the division of the action against Amran.

- Bernama