Kedah Menteri Besar and Perikatan Nasional elections director Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has reportedly said there is nothing wrong with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang saying that non-Muslims are the ones most involved in corrupt practices.

Sanusi said it was a fact that non-Muslims were the ones who got arrested the most for giving and receiving bribes. 

He also blamed DAP for starting to play up the narrative that Malay leaders were involved in bribery and corruption. 

 “I stick with my stand, which is the same as Tok Guru (Abdul Hadi) that as long as it is true, then I will speak. Just go and take a look at the record of those arrested for the offence of giving and receiving, many are non-Muslims; it is a fact and it is true. 

“Because at the time when the statement was issued, DAP played up the claim that Malay leaders are corrupt, Malay leaders cannot be trusted. 

“They said that that it is better to have good non-Muslims than Muslim leaders who are not good because they practise corruption.  

“But when looking at the facts, many who get caught are non-Muslims,” he was quoted as saying in the New Straits Times today. 

He had said this during the “Keluar Sekejap” talk show programme aired online last night. – July 12, 2023.