PAS will set a meeting with both the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) and the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) to find out first hand what went on at the controversial raid on a fundraising dinner this week.

pas muktamar 130610 abdul hadi awang "PAS will go down to the ground and we will meet with both Jais and the church, the two parties directly related to the incident to find out what really happened," party president Abdul Hadi Awang ( left ) told a press conference at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

The PAS central working committee which met today had already listened to the Selangor exco Hasan Ali's version of what went on.

The PAS president stressed that Hasan was there as he is a member of the central working committee and not summoned specifically for questioning.

"We have listened to his explanation, the rest are all media reports, which we take with a grain of salt. So we need to listen to the people involved," said Hadi.

Asked why they needed to explore the topic further despite Hasan already having his say, Hadi said that while they have heard the Selangor exco's explanation of what happened, now they needed to hear from others in the interest of fairness.

azlan Bombarded with queries from reporters, he refused to say if the report from Hasan ( left ) was either inadequate or could not be relied upon.

Secretary-general Mustafa Ali, said that he will contact both Jais and the church and set a date for a meeting which will be soon.

‘Christians converting Muslims'

In the Wednesday night raid on the dinner, Jais enforcement officers raided the Dream Centre, a hall situated in DUMC's grounds, where the function was held and disrupted proceedings, picking up Muslims in attendance to give their statements as well as searching the premises.

Speaking in his capacity as the state exco in charge of Islamic religious affairs, Hasan Ali explained Jais' raid as a move to prevent the proselytisation of Muslims by Christians.

However this was vehemently denied by church leaders.

Several Malay dailies have reported that Jais was acting on information that Malay language bibles were also distributed to Malays during such event.

The Malaysians Aids Council however have clarified that the dinner was a fund-raiser for Aids patients.

Hasan was also reported by a Malay daily as saying that he would gladly resign as exco in order to defend the Muslim Akidah.

‘Hasan still exco'

Quizzed on if the matter may cause a rift with the state government, Hadi said that there was no such thing.

"We are a part of the state government. Without us there is no state government."

As for Hasan's status as state exco, Hadi said the meeting did not make any resolution or discussed that as it is under the purview of the MB and the Sultan to decide.

"As far as we are concerned, Hasan is still part of the exco," the PAS president intoned.

"We have no problem with him," chimed in vice president Salahuddin Ayub who was also at the press conference.

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