One of the PKR parliamentarians said to have been approached with an enticement to switch allegiance to the Perikatan Nasional government has reported the overture to his party out of fear for his safety.

M Karupaiya (above), who is Padang Serai MP, told Malaysiakini that he received a phone call on Sunday from a man, who only identified himself as 'Azhar', and made lucrative offers to get him to support the PN government.

The politician said he declined the offer. However, this left Karupaiya with another dilemma - he is now scared that the people who made the offer might try to get him through a more harmful way...