Kuala Lampur, Dec. 14 -- PKR vice president Zuraida Kamaruddin criticised outsiders including non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for commenting on her party's affairs.

She said the two main rival factions were calming down and should settle their dispute internally, and begin by ignoring outsiders who did not know the exact situation in PKR.

"Now is the cooling period for both sides, so if they are any 'mosquito' NGOs, they do what they do. If they bite and it itches, we just scratch it as it is irrelevant.

"Those irrelevant NGOs should not be involved in these matters as they do not know the real thing, so, for the sake of the nation, all these 'half-boiled' NGOs should not incite fights between the leaders," she told reporters aft...