The newly-registered Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) has been accused of signing people up as members without consent.

However, the youth-based party denied falsifying membership, saying instead that it was a hiccup due to possible abuse of its "simple" registration process.

The issue cropped up after PKR member, Bong Jenn Fonng, received an email from Muda last Saturday (Jan 8), saying his party membership had been approved despite never having applied...