Two years after the formation of Amanah, party president Mohamad Sabu revealed today that there were PAS members and leaders who would secretly invite him to rejoin them, despite publicly demonising him in their speeches.

In his winding-up speech at the second National Amanah convention in Alor Setar, Mohamad said he was often greeted by central PAS leaders who bumped into him at the airport, and they treated him well.

"We (Amanah) must understand the difference between the party and people, the people in PAS are our friends.

"I always bump into them at the airport. We know they always condemn us in their speeches, but at the airport, from far, they will come to shake my hands and say, 'How are you? Keep up the fight'," he said Mohamad, who is popularly known as Mat Sabu...