Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor believes there are those out to get him removed from his post in order to weaken party president Najib Abdul Razak.

Speaking at the Bandar Tun Razak Umno division meeting in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur today, Tengku Adnan had, earlier in his speech, stressed how party members should be loyal to the party leadership.

"You must be loyal to your leaders. But I see the contrary, all kinds of percaturan (political maneuvering). This is the work of Umno, we must do away with such attitudes.

"I know that there are Umno people who have asked my president (Najib) for me to be removed as secretary-general," he said.

He added that these parties had been influenced by the opposition, whom Tengku Adnan said, knew that removing the secretary-general would weaken the party president.

"They (the opposition) say this, not me, that 'to kill Najib is to kill Ku Nan first," he said.

"So I know what's happening, okay, I know."

Further cautioning Umno members not to misuse social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, Tengku Adnan said they should not use them to destroy the country.

"Do not speak ill about one another and never try to create a party within a party," he said.

Najib, in his speech later after Tengku Adnan's, denied that he only wanted 'yes men' in his party.

He pointed out how Tengku Adnan was still the party's secretary-general even though he disagreed with him on certain matters.

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