{
  "id": 9355054,
  "title": "PH P Pinang bincang kedudukan Umno Sabtu ini",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ph-p-pinang-bincang-kedudukan-umno-sabtu-ini",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T14:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/23/ph-p-pinang-bincang-kedudukan-umno-sabtu-ini"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pakatan Harapan (PH) Pulau Pinang is set to debate Umno's position in the state government during a meeting on Saturday, according to Faiz Fadzil, the party's deputy president. This comes in the wake of Umno's attacks on PH, particularly following the recent State Legislative Assembly (PAU) session. The meeting will take place at DAP Pulau Pinang's offices on Saturday evening. Faiz emphasized that PH has never attacked Umno in any state-level program and called the recent PAU statements from Umno representatives as unbecoming and damaging to their reputation. He added that PH will also discuss the concerns of Sungai Acheh Adun Rashidi Zainol to ensure continued cooperation between BN and PH. Rashidi, the sole BN representative in the Pulau Pinang state government, sees the cooperation as beneficial for the state. Faiz noted that PH previously decided to keep Umno in the state government but the current situation is different. In Perak and Pahang, PH maintained good relations with Umno, so why is Umno behaving this way when their representatives are attacking PH and the Pulau Pinang government? Faiz asked. He urged Umno exco members to be honest if they want to remain in the government. At the PAU on September 12, Umno Permatang Pauh Chief Zaidi Said accused Umno President Zahid Hamidi's strategy of working with PKR of aiming to weaken PKR, which would ultimately harm his own party, DAP. He stated that DAP, seen as Umno's 'main enemy', cannot be defeated directly as it has the support of its own voters. On September 16, Zaidi resigned from his position in the Seberang Perai City Council following those comments. Earlier, DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng urged Umno to be removed from the Pulau Pinang government after BN started cooperating with Perikatan Nasional (PN) in Negeri Sembilan. However, Pulau Pinang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who also chairs PH in the state, said the state PH leadership has not received any instructions regarding this matter from the central leadership.",
  "summary": "PH sebelum ini memutuskan untuk mengekalkan Umno dalam kerajaan negeri 'namun keadaan sekarang berbeza', kata Timbalan Pengerusi Faiz Fadzil.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "PH P Pinang bincang kedudukan Umno Sabtu ini",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ph-p-pinang-bincang-kedudukan-umno-sabtu-ini-9359109",
        "published": "2026-09-23T14:17:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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