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In 1996, he was suspected of having a hand in violently breaking up the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET). BIOGRAPHY Hishamuddin is the son of Tun Hussein Onn , the third Prime Minister of Malaysia and subsequently the grandson of Onn Jaafar . His grandfather Onn Jaafar was one of the founders of UMNO . Hishamuddin is also the cousin of the current Deputy Prime Minister Of Malaysia , Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak . Prior to his commencing his political career, Hishamuddin was formerly a lawyer with the large Malaysian firm of Shearn Delamore. His wife is the princess from the State of Pahang in Malaysia . KERIS CONTROVERSY '' (traditional Malay dagger) at the UMNO Annual General Meeting in 2005 drew applause from the UMNO delegates.]] In 2005 , Hishammuddin became notorious for waving the '' Keris '' (traditional Malay dagger) at the UMNO Annual General Meeting. His reason for his action was to defend the principle of '' Ketuanan Melayu '' (Malay supremacy) and to threaten those who opposed the Malay special rights as set out in Article 153 of the Constitution Of Malaysia and in the Social Contract . Although applauded by the Malay delegates, the picture of Hishammuddin with the ''keris'' was widely ridiculed and parodied in the Malaysian Blogosphere . REFERENCES
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