She said the allegations were based on a social media posting, which she described as irresponsible and had the sole purpose of inciting members.

“I would like to rebut and assert that this is fake news,” she said in a statement.

Zaliha said she received many calls and text messages from PKR members and the media, asking about the “re-election” which was supposed to be held at 53 branches in the near future.

She added that as the party’s election committee chief, she would have been informed by the PKR secretary-general’s office of any letter from the Registrar of Societies (RoS) on the matter.

“I hope all PKR members will keep calm and do not act on speculation. Please only rely on news from trusted sources,” she said.

On July 17, PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told the PKR Congress that the party was served a notice from the RoS to clarify the results of its election.

He added that the RoS issued the letter after having received “several complaints” about the party’s election process.

PKR, which had received over 1,800 complaints of fraud in the voting process during party polls in May, postponed its national congress from June to July to allow a forensic audit of the election to be carried out.

Zaliha was previously reported to have said that the audit revealed attempts to hack the election results, with the experts involved in the audit recommending that the party update its voting records – which it duly did.

Critics claimed that the audit ignored the complaints and objections raised by candidates regarding online voting.