PKR has denied that a couple who were among those arrested by the police for the kidnapping of a Palestinian man were members of the party. 

Information chief Fahmi Fadzil said both individuals were not party members of any division or branch after a photo of the duo with a PKR logo went viral. 

“I can confirm that the husband and wife who were arrested, Nidarayahu Zainal and Raibafie Amdan, are not members of any branch or division of Keadilan and have no connection to the party,” he said in a statement, using the party’s name for itself. 

“The picture that went viral holding the Keadilan flag or anything else uploaded on Facebook are actions taken of their own volition and their choices do not reflect those of the parties,” he added. 

Yesterday, the New Straits Times reported that Mossad had hired local agents to kidnap a Palestinian believed to have links to Hamas. 

On Friday, 10 men and a woman were charged at the Magistrate’s Court in Kuala Lumpur for kidnapping Palestinian national Omar Z. M. Albelbaisy to obtain information about software used to hack mobile phones. 

Edy Ko’im Said, 40, Mohamad Norakmal Hassan, 41, Dody Junaidi, 42, Tengku Arif Bongsu Tengku Hamid, 39, Mohamad Naziree Mustapha, 39, Faizull Hardey Mohd Isa, 40, Muhammad Iqmal Abdul Rahis, 25, Mohamad Sufian Saly, 23, Muhammad Al Hatim Mohd Fauzi, 21, Nidarahayu Zainal, 34, and Raibafie Amdan, 39, were accused of committing the offence in Jalan Mayang, Kuala Lumpur at 10.40pm, September 28, and are charged under section 3 of the Kidnapping Act 1961, read together with section 34 of the penal code. 

Meanwhile, city police have yet to confirm if Israel’s national intelligence agency Mossad was behind the kidnapping, adding that their investigation was still open. 

Kuala Lumpur police chief Azmi Abu Kassim said that the media report released yesterday linking the abduction to the intelligence agency had disrupted their investigation. 

“I don’t know how the allegation came to surface and I don’t know where (the media) got it (the information),” Azmi told the press today. 

Police have summoned NST group editor Farrah Naz Karim, ostensibly over yesterday’s article, for questioning today. – October 19, 2022.