The allegation that ex-PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa received funds from former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International has nothing to do with the party, said a PAS leader.

PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said Nasharudin is just a regular member now, and has no influence on the party leadership.

"Nasharudin is no longer a leader in PAS... he has no relationship with the PAS leadership.

"This is between him and the authorities. If a report has been made against him, it has nothing to do with PAS at all," he told Malaysiakini, stressing this was a personal issue for Nasharudin.

Takiyuddin also claimed that the party was in the dark about him receiving SRC funds.

"If it is (true that he received funds), it won't come as a shock, because he has no ties with the party,” he added.

In a statement later, Takiyuddin said PAS had also never received financial contributions from or through Nasharudin since he was defeated in the 2011 party polls, except for his fixed contributions as Bachok MP, which ended in 2013.

He was responding to PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli, who in a statutory declaration, accused Nasharudin of receiving funds from SRC International through the accounts of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

He alleged that the funds from Najib's account went to a lawyer before being transferred to others, including Nasharudin.

The SD also featured a Sarawak Report chart, which detailed payments allegedly made from the premier's accounts in 2015. No payments to Nasharudin were mentioned in the chart.

Rafizi had first claimed to have evidence about someone close to the PAS leadership receiving 1MDB-linked funds on April 6 during a press conference in Parliament, and challenged PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to respond.

This followed an uproar among Pakatan Harapan MPs over Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia's decision to postpone the debate on Hadi's motion to enhance the sentencing power of syariah courts to the next parliament meeting in July.

Rafizi later told Malaysiakini that the person was a former PAS top leader, who served as a bridge between Umno and the Islamist party.

Hadi, on the other hand, dismissed the allegation as a “300 percent lie” and advised Rafizi to seek forgiveness from Allah.

Asked if Rafizi was attempting to tarnish PAS with this allegation, Takiyuddin replied: "That is up to him."

"If he has that intention, then that is up to him. Our conscience is clear. We are not involved with this," added the Kota Baru MP.

Meanwhile, when asked if the allegation would affect ties between PKR and PAS, Rafizi said such considerations should not eclipse the public interest.

“It is in the public interest to know this. It is in the public interest for the SRC case to be reopened. It is in the public interest for us to go into the deepest details to find out whether Najib attempted to influence PAS through Nashrudin […]

“The test of politicians is not winning elections. The test of politicians is to stick to public interest, especially in the most difficult situation like today. So, that’s my test (as a member of) the PKR leadership,” he said.

Rafizi also claimed that PAS was aware of the 1MDB scandal, as one of their MPs had met the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to find out about it.

Thus he questioned if Nasharudin was given the SRC-linked money to soften the party's stance on 1MDB.

Meanwhile in a tit-for-tat, Takiyuddin in a statement asked Rafizi to make an SD on allegations by blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin that the former was also corrupt.

This was in regard to claims that Rafizi had received RM20 million from businessman John Soh.

Malaysiakini has tried to obtain Nasharudin's response via email, text messages, phone calls and fax, but has yet to receive a response.

Rafizi said he would be making a SD on that tomorrow.