Keadilan party leaders have categorically denied that Youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor had quit his post.

Their denial came in the wake of a report in The Star today which stated that Mohd Ezam had handed his letter of resignation to his legal counsel Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin who delivered it to president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Mohd Ezam, a former political secretary and proteg of ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, reportedly submitted his resignation a few days after Keadilan annual general meet in Sungai Petani last month.

He is serving a two-year jail sentence in Kajang for breaching the Official Secrets Act by exposing classified documents containing allegations of corruption against two senior politicians, one of whom is still a minister.

According to Youth vice-president Low Chee Cheung, Mohd Ezam could be feeling the burden of his detention, which may have led him to think of quitting his post to make way for his deputy, Saifuddin Nasution.

"Ezam may have told his lawyer that he wants to quit as he cannot be effective behind bars. When the merger with PRM takes places, Ezam feels that it is better for others to lead the wing," Low said.