Utusan Malaysia is "not welcome" at the three-day PKR national congress in Kota Bharu, its deputy president Syed Husin Ali said.

However, the party would not chase reporters from the Malay daily out of the congress hall, he said.

"We won't stop them.

"They are not invited but we won't chase them away," he told reporters last night when asked about a text message received by several media representatives in Kota Bharu informing that Utusan Malaysia reporters were not allowed to cover the congress.

- Bernama