PAS did right thing to settle case with Sarawak Report, says Annuar

Updated 7 years ago · Published on 6 Feb 2019 9:50AM · 4 Comments

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang sued Clare Rewcastle-Brown for defamation over an article published in 2016, in which she alleged party leaders received millions from then Umno president Najib Razak to back the party in the May general election. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 6, 2019.

UMNO secretary-general Annuar Musa has backed PAS’ decision to settle a defamation suit against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown over claims the party received RM90 million from 1MDB funds.

“I think PAS made the right strategy. They want to focus on their business and they want to move forward.

“Otherwise, they are being dragged and entangled into an old issue that is not even relevant to their direction now,” he was quoted as saying in a Malay Mail report today.

Annuar also said pursuing the matter would also involve an exorbitant sum for PAS as its leaders would have to travel to London for the trial.

“If you ask me, I won’t want to fly from Kuala Lumpur to London, flying up and down attending court cases. It is not a cheap thing, spending hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, just to settle a small issue, which is a non-issue to PAS maybe.”

Last Friday, PAS said its president, Abdul Hadi Awang, had settled his defamation suit against the portal and Rewcastle-Brown out of court, with no order to costs and with both bound to confidentiality.

He filed the suit in 2017 over a 2016 article alleging that several PAS leaders received RM90 million in order to support Umno and Barisan Nasional ahead of the 14th general election.

Annuar added that if then prime minister Najib Razak did indeed give the money to PAS, investigators would have unearthed the matter by now. – February 6, 2019.

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  • LOL............

    Posted 7 years ago by SY L · Reply

  • Annuar Musa must remain in UMNO to remind all Malaysians what a useless party looks like, helmed by supposedly intelligent leaders like him making outrageously stupid statements which only their brainwashed supporters find logical.

    Posted 7 years ago by Panchen Low · Reply

  • If you knew about the coats , then why sue in the first place. Or you knew someone will cover your cost

    Posted 7 years ago by Nasharuddin Hamzah · Reply

  • Tail between his legs now!

    Posted 7 years ago by C D · Reply