Umno supreme council member Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said he would rather Umno be a 'jaguh kampung' (village hero) than become like MCA, which has only a handful of seats in Parliament.

MCA may not even have won its seven parliamentary seats if not for the 'jaguh kampung', said Nazri, and suggested that the Chinese-based party quit BN to prove it could win without Umno.