Kelantan Umno will consider severing ties with its Amanah counterpart if state Amanah chairperson Khalid Samad does not withdraw his plea for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to refuse Najib Abdul Razak’s pardon application.

“Kelantan Umno urges Khalid to apologise openly to Umno following his plea to the Agong to reject the pardon application for former prime minister Najib,” said state Umno chief Zawawi Othman in a statement today.

Zawawi (above) pointed out that Umno’s appeal to the ruler to pardon Najib was based on...