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POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Onn was very active in the Malay nationalist movement, founding the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) as a mean to rally the Malays against the Malayan Union , which was perceived as threatening Malay Privilege s and the position of the Malay Ruler s. Onn took up the role of UMNO's president on May 1 , 1946 . Later, he became disillusioned with what he considered to be UMNO's Communalist policies, and called for party membership to be opened to all Malayans, and for UMNO to be renamed as the United Malayans National Organisation. When his recommendations went unheeded, he left the party on August 26 , 1951 , to form the Independence Of Malaya Party (IMP). However, the IMP failed to receive sufficient backing from Malayans, and eventually Onn left it to form the Parti Negara , which placed membership restrictions on non-Malays in an attempt to woo the Malays. REFERENCES
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