Why only speak up on Umno’s corruption now, DAP man asks Hadi

PETALING JAYA: A DAP leader has questioned PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s silence over the alleged corruption of Umno leaders when his party was part of the ruling government.

Lim Lip Eng was commenting on Hadi’s latest speech that PAS was “delaying” its cooperation with Umno under the Muafakat Nasional (MN) pact as some leaders in the party were corrupt and greedy for power.

“Why didn’t Hadi say that Barisan Nasional (BN) is filled with corrupt leaders when PAS was in (former prime minister) Muhyiddin Yassin’s and (caretaker Prime Minister) Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s Cabinets?

“I call upon the police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to record statements from Hadi because his party used to work with the coalition.

“There is a huge possibility that he has information on (alleged) acts of corruption that involve BN ministers and its component parties,” he said in a statement.

Lim, who was Kepong MP until the dissolution of Parliament, also called out Hadi for his baseless claim that there were “communists and anti-monarchists” in Pakatan Harapan. The PAS president had reportedly said this at a ceramah in Marang on Friday.

He challenged Hadi to file a report within 48 hours if this claim was true since it involved acts of treason against Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which is a serious crime.

“If Hadi fails to file the police report, it means that he lied at the ceramah that he gave and he should apologise to the King and to the people as well,” he added. — Free Malaysia Today