KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 29 -- Perikatan Nasional (PN) deputy chairman Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said he was not invited to a so-called "pre-council" meeting hosted by former chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin tonight.

"No invitation, how can I attend?" Hamzah said briefly and in jest when asked by reporters about the pre-council meeting, suggesting growing internal friction within the coalition.

Muhyiddin had reportedly invited the presidents of the other three component parties - PAS, Gerakan, and MIPP - to his residence for the pre-council discussion ahead of an abortive extraordinary meeting of the coalition.

PN deputy secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan earlier confirmed the cancellation of the extraordinary meeting, describi...