A pro-Umno portal has claimed that Hishammuddin Hussein's appointment as special functions minister could be a "reminder" to younger leaders in Umno who are planning to contest against him in the party polls.

However, MyKMU did not state who these leaders are.

Yesterday, PKR leader Rafizi Ramli claimed that based on his Umno sources, Hishammuddin is trailing two others in the race for the party's three vice-president posts.

The two, he said, were Rural and Regional Development Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin...