Bersatu supreme council member Tariq Ismail claimed the Registrar of Societies had been non-responsive to the party's request to call its youth wing as "Armada" and women's wing as "Srikandi".

"Bersatu had sent ROS its amended constitution, which included the names for the Armada and Srikandi wings that was approved by the supreme council in July but to date, there had not been any response from the ROS," he said in a Facebook post.

ROS director-general Surayati Ibrahim had said Bersatu's used of the name "Armada" was illegal as it was not part of the party's constitution.

She added that the offence could cause Bersatu to be deregistered...