(Aug 20): The Umno Supreme Council will meet on September 9, party secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said today.

He said the date was decided upon to ensure all party divisions had concluded their annual general meetings.

Tengku Adnan, who is also federal territories minister, said this after launching a sponsorship on the adoption of a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) park.

"Many more divisions have not completed their meeting, so we decided to hold it on September 9," Tengku Adnan said, according to the a Malaysiakini report.

The meeting was initially scheduled on July 31, but was called off at the 11th hour following a Cabinet reshuffle which saw Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal dropped from their government posts on July 28.

Najib dropped the two leaders from his Cabinet after they openly voiced criticism over his handling of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal. – The Malaysian Insider