Party united despite talk of rift over 1MDB scandal: Najib

Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Wednesday his party was united and looking to victory in the next elections, dismissing talk of a rift over a financial scandal that has brought unprecedented dissent within the long-ruling party.

Mr Najib chaired the first leadership meeting of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) since a Cabinet reshuffle in July when he sacked then deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and other senior ministers.