KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has reportedly denied any rift within Perikatan Nasional (PN) and its lynchpin Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, saying critics were merely trying to divide the Opposition pact.

In an interview with Mingguan Malaysia, Hamzah denied any move to oust Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin from leading the pact and party.

"Who's trying to remove whom? If someone were trying to oust him, surely I would be the first to know. But why am I not aware of anything?

"People say Muhyiddin is being pushed out - yet no one has said anything to me," he was quoted saying.

Hamzah who is Muhyiddin's deputy in both PN and Bersatu, said it would be foolish for anyone to plan an ouster without discussing the succession ...