Umno purge not the same as Anwar’s 1998 sacking

Political analysts said the recent Umno purge involving major personalities like former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin is not the same as Anwar Ibrahim’s sacking in 1998.

Taking Khairy and Anwar as an example, Nusantara Strategic Research Academy’s Azmi Hassan said the two leaders’ positions in the cabinet and in Umno were vastly different…