Disputed MyPPP president M Kayveas has officially announced he will contest in the Cameron Highlands by-election.

“This is a unique situation. There are 222 parliamentary seats and out of those, Cameron Highlands is the only one to have a by-election, (and) it is a seat we have been working for and asking for.

"So we thought we cannot pass up this opportunity,” Kayveas said in a press conference outside the party headquarters today.