Malaysia's former ruling party UMNO elects new president

Secretary-General of?United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in Malaysia Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor addresses a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 1, 2018. Malaysia's former ruling party United Malays National Organization elected a new leadership on Saturday following the defeat in the general election in May. UMNO announced via Twitter in the evening that former Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was elected as the new president, after he secured support from over half of the divisions. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)