KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Bernama) -- Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali took Umno delegates by surprise today when they emerged at the Merdeka Hall, Putra World Trade Centre, where the final day of the Umno General Assembly was underway.
The former Umno president arrived at about 12.30pm at a time when newly-elected Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was delivering his winding-up speech and was greeted with thunderous applause from the delegates.Dr Mahathir then waved at the audience, acknowledging their greetings.
Dr Mahathir was also seen nodding when Muhyiddin expressed his hope that the former prime minister rejoin Umno officially.
Muhyiddin then said that Dr Mahathir's arrival was, in some ways, a form of recognition of Umno's new leadership, to another round of applause from the delegates.
Former Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who were seated onstage, were seen clapping their hands in welcoming Dr Mahathir and wife.
Dr Mahathir and Dr Siti Hasmah then sat at the observers' gallery together with Najib's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, to observe the general assembly.
Dr Mahathir has posted an entry in his blog that he did not attend the opening of the Umno General Assembly on Thursday because money politics has tarnished Umno's image.
Dr Mahathir quit the party on May 19 last year, saying that he had lost confidence in Umno.
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