Hishammuddin: Will it be Pak Lah or cousin Najib?

comments     Nash Rahman     Published     Updated

Blood, says the proverb, is thicker than water. And that is how Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein Onn comes into the spotlight as the ruling party undergoes a power transition in October.

Hishamuddin - related to the Defence Minister Najib Razak - took over the leadership of the Youth wing in 2000, seven years after Najib vacated it to contest for the vice-presidency as part of the 'vision team' led by jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim.

Najib and Hishammuddin are both cousins as their mothers are sisters.

Since then, Umno Youth has always been regarded as a staunch supporter of Najib in the party and government.

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