Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa arrives at Menara Dato' Onn February 23, 2020. — Picture by Choo Choy May

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi directed his supreme council to meet today for an unspecified reason, Tan Sri Annuar Musa confirmed.

The Umno secretary-general told reporters that Zahid did not say why the urgent meeting was being called, but speculation is raging that the Malay nationalist party could discuss a possible alliance with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, among others.