Veteran PAS member Mustafa Ali chose to zip his lips after being dropped from the PAS central committee last Saturday.

PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said any positions held by Mustafa, including that of election director, will be taken over by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's political secretary Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar.

Contacted on the developments, Mustafa, who joined PAS in the 1970s, quipped: "I'm sorry, but for the mean time, I am 'fasting', 'fasting' from saying anything."...