Malaysia in transitionMalaysia's UMNO dumps Muhyiddin-led coalition ahead of polls
President of largest party blasts PM's Bersatu as 'dishonest'
A poster of United Malays National Organisation President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi: He declared UMNO will not work with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's party "because of their dishonesty and trickery." © AP
P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's largest political party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), has openly ruled out working with embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in the forthcoming federal election, further weakening the governing National Alliance coalition.