Datuk Seri Hasan Malek has not resigned as the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism.

The denial was made by the Minister's office in a two paragraph statement issued to Bernama today.

"The office of the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism deny the comments in the blogs and Facebook that YB Datuk Seri Hasan Malek will resign (from his minister's post).

"The resignation is not true at all," the statement said.

Rumours about Hasan's resignation were circulating since yesterday in several social websites.