PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat today urged his party leadership to open an "investigation paper" into the entire controversy surrounding the leaked private chat messages of its central committee member (CC) Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki.

"The appropriate punishment must be meted according to party rules as soon as the guilty party is identified," Suhaizan ( right ) said.

He was referring to the WhatsApp discussion among the PAS central committee members on the Selangor menteri besar issue, in which Zuhdi made several controversial and even racist statements.

A leaked screen capture of the exchange was circulated in the social media on Hari Raya day on Monday, causing an uproar.

The message, among others, suggested that PAS teams up with Umno to take the Selangor government, with comments as well on how to silence the complaints of the non-Muslims and return power to the Malays.

Suhaizan also asked the PAS leadership to "monitor and give warnings" to any member who makes statements that could lead to "PAS and Pakatan Rakyat breaking up".

However, he also urged Pakatan Rakyat members to use "proper channels" to voice criticisms against the party and not do it through the social media.

"Don't do it via the media, especially the social media, which only worsens the situation," he said.

Close ranks, Pakatan told

Suhaizan reminded all Pakatan leaders "not to lose focus" on the real goal of the coalition, which is to change the government in Malaysia.

Yesterday, Suhaizan said PAS Youth had proposed that PAS bring forward its central committee meetin, slated for Aug 10, in order to settle the Selangor menteri besar controversy.

PAS is the only party within Pakatan that has not endorsed PKR's proposal to install its party president, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, to replace Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as Selangor menteri besar.

Despite its representatives to the Pakatan meeting reportedly agreeing with the PKR decision, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang subsequently announced his backing for Khalid to remain in office.

Meanwhile, PAS vice-president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man also urged PAS members to "close ranks" and stop slandering each other in the media.

"Are we satisfied when this group is split? If we love this group, stop your attacks, stop attacking your fellow comrades," he said in an emotional plea on his official Facebook page.

"Defend your friend like how you will defend a loved one," he said.

Meanwhile, Temerloh MP Nasruddin Hassan, in his personal capacity, challenged the PAS member who leaked a screenshot of the chat message to reveal the entire conversation that took place in the WhatsApp group.

"If everything is revealed, I am confident that the bad impressions on Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki won't be there anymore," he said.

He said that the real culprit in this controversy is the person who leaked out the message, not Mohd Zuhdi alone.

"Don't ask me to reveal the conversation because no matter how naughty I am, I am not as ill intentioned as the person who leaked only one small part of the conversation," he said.