KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25 -- Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed a book listing reasons why he should not continue leading the party.

Utusan Malaysia reported him as saying he and Umno paid no attention to the "dirty tactics".

"Such moves are not new, as they have been in planning for the last few months," Zahid told the newspaper in an interview published today.

He was referring to the book 30 Arguments Why Zahid Must Resign As Umno President that has been circulating online.

The book contained claims such as Ahmad Zahid being a liability to the party and that 60 per cent of Umno members rejected his presidency.

He was also blamed for four by-election losses, accused of betraying the Barisan Nasional supreme counc...