Kuala Lampur, Jan. 18 -- A total of 363,167 members of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia will be choosing leaders from the grassroots to the national level this year, said its chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

He also announced the new dates today after meeting with the party's supreme council at Yayasan Al-Bukhary earlier.

"The branch meeting will be held on February 15 to March 29, while the division meeting will be on April 18 and the Annual General Meeting will be held from June 25 to 28," he told reporters in a press conference here.

Previously, the party said the branches' annual meeting will be held from January 25 to March 1, before the division annual meeting that will be held simultaneously on April 4.

The AGM previously was sc...