Mukhriz was not invited to Supreme Council meeting, says Ku Nan

 Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak (centre) speaks during a press conference after the Umno Supreme Council meeting at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur today. On his left is party secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor who earlier ordered council member and embattled Kedah menteri besar Datuk Seri Muhkriz Mahathir to leave the meeting. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, January 29, 2016. 

Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir was not invited to the Umno Supreme Council meeting today, so there was no issue of him being asked to leave, said party secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor.

"There was no issue of him being booted. He is a member but he was instructed not to attend.  If the Supreme Council decided that one does not have to attend, don't come," he told reporters after the  meeting at the Umno headquarters in the capital today.

He added that Mukhriz was told that he did not need to attend this morning.

Earlier, Tengku Adnan ordered Mukhriz to leave the meeting.

Mukhriz said Tengku Adnan told council members that those who were not invited to this afternoon's meeting should leave.

“That instruction was aimed at me,” Mukhriz said before leaving the Datuk Onn Tower at the Putra World Trade Centre at 4pm today.

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