Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has resigned from his post as the Umno advisory council chairperson on Monday out of protest against "kerajaan gagal" (failed government).

In his resignation letter addressed to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the Gua Musang MP mentioned the disappointment among the public and party grassroots on the composition of the new government.

"Of course, the appointed leaders and members of the government...