SEREMBAN – Negeri Sembilan’s chief minister has lost his majority in the southern Malaysian state after all 14 assemblymen from UMNO withdrew support for him on April 27, citing his interference in the ongoing crisis where district chieftains are pushing to depose the state ruler.
This leaves Mr Aminuddin Harun, the vice president in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat, with the backing of just 17 members in the 36-strong state legislature.
It calls into question the cooperation between the prime minister’s Pakatan Harapan coalition and crucial ally UMNO at the federal level.
This is a developing story.
Lu Wei Hoong is Malaysia correspondent at The Straits Times, specialising in transport and politics.
