A senior PAS leader had written to the entire PAS leadership in the syura council and central committee, including to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, in a bid to stop the party's possible cooperation with BN.

This was according to former PAS vice-president Husam Musa, who now serves as vice-president of the splinter party Amanah.

Husam claimed the letter was discussed during a PAS leadership retreat in Pulau Pangkor, Perak earlier this month, and prompted PAS to hold back any decisions on cooperating with BN.

"Based on my information about the PAS retreat in Pangkor, PAS dare not make any decision on joining forces with Umno-BN due to objections from certain quarters...