As nomination day for the 15th general election inches closer, BN is seeing a struggle between Umno and MCA over the Ampang parliamentary seat in Selangor.

This comes amid pushback from the local Umno chapter following strong indications that the BN leadership wants to field an MCA candidate for the Malay-majority seat.

Malaysiakini learned that the Ampang Umno division had sent a representative to discuss the matter with party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi last night, and plans to...