KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 14 -- MIC remains a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) as its supreme council has yet to finalise any decision on cooperation with other parties.

According to Sinar Harian, deputy president Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the party's supreme council has not met to determine MIC's political direction.

"For now, MIC remains with BN until a decision is made at the supreme council level. We are still a component party," he said, as reported by the national daily.

Saravanan was speaking after presenting laptop donations to 50 higher education students at the MIC Tapah division office here on Sunday.

Commenting on BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's warning that parties leaving the coalition would not be accept...