A total of 40 Umno members of parliament nationwide could leave the party to join Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) soon, says PPBM Supreme Council member Kadir Jasin, The New Straits Times reports. He said he did not deny that some of these members of parliament have issues which need to be probed. At the party’s second anniversary in September, PPBM chairman and current Malaysia’s prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, reiterated the fact that his party is race-based. He said despite some criticising the party’s racial outlook, the reality is that political parties still choose candidates from among the majority race of the constituencies they contest. Even with the stunning defeat of Barisan National in the last elections, old Politics still haven’t faded away in Malaysia, writes Wong Chun Wai for The Star.