Former Umno youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin received a show of support from the Democratic Action Party's (DAP) Ong Kian Ming on his 50th birthday on Saturday (Jan 10).

"I don't know what the next decade will look like for Khairy Jamaluddin (KJ). But I do know that I will be taking leave from work to publicly campaign for KJ, regardless of his party affiliation, at the next general elections," Ong, who returned to academia in 2023, said in an Instagram post.