IPOH, Sept. 16 -- Nga Kor Ming's ambiguous defence of a DAP lawmaker whom colleagues believe is the target of a conspiracy could jeopardise the former's once-ironclad control of the state chapter, political observers said.

Nga and his cousin, Datuk Ngeh Khoo Ham, have held the reins of Perak DAP for over a decade but recent acts of revolt suggest that brewing discontent with the party's state leadership may be coming to a boil.

Nga courted controversy by telling the media that Paul Yong's position as a state exco would be discussed by the central DAP leadership, prompting two of its Perak assemblymen to resign from their party positions in the state in protest.

Political analyst from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Teh Boon Teck said the...