LIVE REPORTS

5.08pm: The Perak government has fallen. Najib said at his press conference that the Barisan Nasional has the support of the four former Pakatan Perak assemblypersons - three will be "BN-friendly" Independents, while Nasarudin will rejoin Umno.

Najib will meet the Perak Sultan as soon as possible. He said it is up to the sultan to decide on Nizar's request for dissolution of the assembly.

At the same venue, Nasarudin denied the claim that he had been abducted.

5.05pm: Mohd Nizar is still at Istana Kinta.