Anwar: Did PAS pay S'wak Report to settle court case?
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has accused PAS of paying a court settlement to Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown, and demanded clarification from the party regarding the matter.
"I want to ask for clarification, whether PAS made any payment to Rewcastle Brown. Is it true they paid more than a million?" he said after attending a business event at Hotel Equatorial in Penang.
Anwar was responding to a question about the MACC stating that it has yet to find any 1MDB funds ending up in PAS' official bank account...
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has accused PAS of paying a court settlement to Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown, and demanded clarification from the party regarding the matter.
"I want to ask for clarification, whether PAS made any payment to Rewcastle Brown. Is it true they paid more than a million?" he said after attending a business event at Hotel Equatorial in Penang.
Anwar was responding to a question about the MACC stating that it has yet to find any 1MDB funds ending up in PAS' official bank account.
PAS had taken legal action against Rewcastle Brown for a 2016 article, in which she claimed that former premier Najib Abdul Razak was wooing PAS ahead of the 14th general election, and that RM90 million had flowed into the accounts of the party's top leaders.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang proceeded to sue Rewcastle Brown for libel in April the following year.
However, he decided to settle the matter out of court earlier this month.
'Conflict of statements'
Anwar said this was the first time he was asking PAS to clarify the matter.
"Although they have attacked me for over a year, I never responded. This is the first time.
"Because I see there is a conflict of statements by PAS, including the right to lie, which I cannot accept as a Muslim."
Anwar urged MACC to provide a more complete picture about the claims against PAS, so that the rakyat would not be confused.
Malaysiakini is seeking PAS’ response regarding the alleged payment from the court settlement.
PAS has repeatedly denied receiving money from 1MDB, and insisted that Hadi’s withdrawal of the suit against Rewcastle Brown is not tantamount to an admission of guilt.
Anwar said, however, that the Sarawak Report editor's statement was very clear, as she only claimed that Umno funds were transferred to PAS leaders.
"The claims that 1MDB funds entered PAS accounts may have come from other sources.
"Hadi then initiated legal action, but withdrew the case recently. Rewcastle Brown did not apologise and continued with her claim, to which Hadi made some loose remarks.
“This only means that PAS cannot defend themselves," he added.
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When a plaintiff withdraws a suit for defamation, it simply means he is already proven guilty of the accusation made against him and is sure to lose the case.
Wow
How can the people have any respect to this party when the leader, who is also known as a religious teacher, is a proven liar? Hadi has brought total shame to his party.