KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 -- Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin remains Bersatu's deputy president for now, according to an elected representative who attended a gathering with Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin last night.

"Hamzah hasn't been sacked yet," Kota Siputeh state assemblyman Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir told Free Malaysia Today when met outside the former prime minister's residence in Bukit Damansara.

More than 30 Bersatu elected representatives and senior party leaders gathered at Muhyiddin's home amid escalating tensions within the party leadership.

Those present included secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, as well as vice-presidents Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu and Datuk Mohd Radzi Jidin.

A Bersatu source said more than...