KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26 -- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim claimed on Wednesday he had the majority support from MPs to form a new government, some of them coming from the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Following these revelations, Barisan Nasional-linked blog The Coverage revealed the 19 names of MPs from Umno who it claimed have jumped ship to support Anwar in his bid to form the new government and install him as the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Since then several MPs named in the list have responded to these claims either in news reports or on their social media accounts. Malay Mail compiled a list of their responses.

1. Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (Arau):

"None of the 23 Umno MPs, PAS (10); Gabungan Parti Sarawak (10) and Parti Prib...