Prime Minister Najib Razak today received the application form to join Umno from Port Klang assemblyman Badrul Hisham Abdullah, who quit PKR six months ago.

NONE The handing over of the form was done after Najib, who is also Umno president and Selangor Umno liaison committee chief, finished chairing a meeting  of Umno's Supreme Council in Janda Baik.

According a statement published on the Umno-online.com portal, Badrul Hisham said the step was aimed at further strengthening Umno and the BN as much needed to be done in terms of socio-economic and religious development in Selangor.

"There is much that needs to be done in Selangor. I am joining Umno so that together with the other component parties, the BN can recapture the state from the opposition," the 50-year-old assemblyman was quoted as saying on the website.

- Bernama