Ahmad Ismail’s three-year suspension reduced
(Bernama) — The Penang UMNO welcomes the decision by the UMNO supreme council to lift the controversial three-year suspension on Datuk Ahmad Ismail from September for uttering a sensitive remark during a campaign rally.
State UMNO secretary Datuk Azhar Ibrahim said he welcome the decision to lift the suspension on Ahmad as he was still the man for UMNO.
“I believe the party Supreme council had consider seriously on the matter before making the decision and UMNO Penang would always ready to welcome Ahmad,” he told reporters here on Wednesday.
Party secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor was reported on Wednesday as saying that the UMNO supreme council which met on Friday had decided to lift the suspension on Ahmad.
Ahmad, the former Bukit Bendera UMNO Chief, when contacted, said he was grateful that the party’s struggle was back on track and thanked the party president and deputy president for their consideration.
He was suspended from the party for three years from September following a public outcry after he called the non-Malays “pendatang” (immigrants) during the Permatang Pauh by-election last year.
