The MCA's central committee meeting yesterday sprang more round of surprises when Ong Tee Keat invoked his presidential powers to call for another extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to decide whether the party should hold fresh elections.

After five hours of bargaining by the party's powerful body, a clearer picture has emerged.

It appears that the central committee is now split into three groups - Ong's loyalists, splinter group of Ong's faction led by Liow Tiong Lai and Dr Chua Soi Lek's supporters.