Former Umno vice-president Mohd Shafie Apdal has questioned the party's decision to suspend his membership without any input from him during party supreme council meetings.
Instead, he said, Umno only decided to take action against him without further investigations and while he was performing his umrah (minor pilgrimage).
"(They should) investigate first, why are they so scared to investigate me upfront? (They should) question me about what I did wrong during this month, where we should be courteous, and also when I went for my umrah.
"There was nothing (asked of me) during the supreme council meetings that I attended, no one questioned me.
"When I went on my umrah, they suspended me. But it's okay, maybe this is one of the signs that Allah has given me when I was on umrah and praying at the Nabawi mosque.
"Ya Allah, I am a weak and flawed human, please show me the right ways for me to help the religion and the country, that's all," he told reporters when he arrived at the domestic arrival hall at KLIA today.
On Monday, Shafie had announced that he was quitting Umno after he was suspended from the party on June 24.
'Don't insult me'
Asked about how him quitting Umno will affect the party, he said that they would have to wait and see.
"We'll have to wait and see the situation. I used to be one of the founders (Umno in Sabah).
"My contribution wasn't that big but I did contribute a bit on the Sabah state level, in Umno's growth (in the state).
"There are those who say there will be no effect from my quitting the party.
"We just have to wait and see whether there is any effect or not, we have to wait for Allah," he said.
The former rural and regional development minister said that he has his own followers and urged the other Umno leaders not to insult him.
"I know I have my own supporters, it's not like I don't have any, but don't insult me, who came from Sabah to fight for our country.
"I know the voices among the grassroots. Eight years I was the rural minister, I know the ambitions of the rural folks.
"I advocated for 40 Orang Asli (students) to be sent to do their Master's degree in London and the US. Many of them made me realise what kind of ambitions and desires they have," he stressed.
Asked if he would join any opposition party, he simply said he would not.
"(I'm) not joining any parties," he said before leaving the reporters. - Mkini
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