KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 -- Pejuang president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir has dismissed speculation that former Bersatu deputy president Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin is heading to the party following his expulsion from Bersatu earlier this year.

Mukhriz said reports suggesting Hamzah had applied to join Pejuang or was negotiating a political arrangement with the party were unfounded, New Straits Times reported today.

"That is not true," Mukhriz was quoted as saying when asked about claims that negotiations existed for Hamzah to join the party.

The denial comes as questions continue to swirl over Hamzah's political future more than three months after he was removed from Bersatu for allegedly breaching the party's constitution.

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