KUCHING (Oct 26): An Umno leader today said Barisan Nasional is still backing Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister even as an emergency meeting was convened in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon for the coalition’s parliamentarians.

Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin told Malaysiakini when he arrived for the meeting at Menara Dato Onn that they would discuss Muhyiddin’s failed proposal to declare an emergency and how to help the people affected by the surge in Covid-19 cases.