PAS issues gag order after ‘dedak cartel’ claim

Updated 7 years ago · Published on 14 May 2019 1:10PM · 5 Comments

PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan is on damage-control mode following revelations about a group of senior leaders accepting funds from Umno. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 14, 2019.

TAKIYUDDIN Hassan today issued a gag order barring PAS members from discussing party matters with the media or on social media.

The Islamist party’s secretary-general said the order is with immediate effect.

“PAS would like to remind that all views, opinions, suggestions or criticism must be made through official channels at all levels,” the Kota Baru MP said in the order.

Any member who breaches the gag order faces disciplinary action, he said.

The party guarantees freedom of speech but it must also ensure organisational secrecy is maintained at all times, he said.

The directive to members comes after PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s son-in-law, Zaharudin Muhammad, said in a Facebook post that there was dedak cartel or group within the Islamist party which took money from Umno.

The claim, made on Saturday, is widely believed to be linked to an audio recording involving Bachok MP Nik Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz talking about Umno’s funding of PAS.

Yesterday, in another post, Zaharuddin listed five individuals on the take. He named them as “Dr Hussam II”, “Mr NT”, “Mr KT”, “Mr KH” and “everyone knows”.

The last person, he said, is a good friend but too engrossed with his friends, becoming the front-line defender of this group.

“He doesn’t know much actually.

“Of all of them, I will focus only on No. 1. Because what he does, Mr 2 all the way to Mr 5, they don’t know about it.

“(Dr Hussam II) is more cunning than (the real) Hussam (referring to Amanah leader Husam Musa). He swipes left and right.

“He is close with (Mohamed) Azmin (Ali), too, and tried to get dedak from Azmin, but whether he got it or not is not known,” Zaharudin said.

Hadi has denied giving his blessing to Zaharuddin to expose the “dedak cartel”.

Zaharudin, he said, acted without his knowledge when the former PAS shura council member wrote a Facebook post on a cabal of leaders in the Islamist party accepting “dedak” (literally animal feed but in a political context, money).  

“That is not true. I did not give my blessing. No blessing,” he said after breaking fast with the media at a hotel in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, last night. – May 14, 2019.

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  • GUILT IS HAUNTING PAS . Taki buat apa u suka GOD has its OWN WAY to get TRUTH TO SURFACE. Pandai Pandai Tupai Melompat Akhir nya Jatuh di Bumi Jugak.

    Posted 7 years ago by Mindy Singh · Reply

  • A party of ghouls ,goblins, devils , imps , demons, witches , banshees and what ever you named it. It is all there in the guise of a religious front like PAS.

    Posted 7 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Siapa makan cili, dia rasa pedas. I think it's a matter of time, MACC will pick them up one by one. Be ready

    Posted 7 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • Gag order. Something2hide.

    Posted 7 years ago by Concerned Citizen · Reply

  • The one who said gag order maybe the most suspicious. If not just reveal the truth . Maybe the truth is too ugly. PAS projected perfection,clean and holy party now end up a scandal of corruption and pointing fingers trying to show who is most wrong. Finish lah.

    Posted 7 years ago by James Wong · Reply