Hadi Awang ready to cooperate with police over US political interference claim
KUALA LUMPUR: Pas president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang is ready to cooperate with police over his claim that the United States sought to interfere in Malaysia’s political affairs by helping to topple the government before 2018.
Malaysian PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang has pledged to work closely with the police regarding his allegation that the United States attempted to influence Malaysia's political landscape by assisting in ousting the government before 2018. His political secretary, Syahir Sulaiman, confirmed that the police, specifically Bukit Aman, had reached out to them following multiple reports filed concerning Hadi's claim.
Hadi has agreed to cooperate fully with the authorities, pending the scheduling of a meeting between the parties.
Three separate police reports have been filed in relation to Hadi's assertion that the US Embassy extended support to topple the Malaysian government in 2014. During the 72nd PAS Muktamar held in Kelantan, Hadi revealed that several PAS leaders were invited to meetings with representatives of the US Embassy during then-US President Barack Obama's visit to Malaysia in 2014. He claimed that these officials offered assistance to remove then-Barisan Nasional government from power.
However, the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has refuted these claims, asserting that its representatives never offered any assistance to the Islamist party in an attempt to remove the BN government. Chargé d'affaires David H. Gamble Jr stated that the United States has never sought to determine Malaysia's political leadership.
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