No MB post, vexed Hasan fires away
Hasan Ali’s former aide also claims that the PAS leader played up the apostasy issue to protect the Majlis Agama Islam Selangor from scrutiny.
“He kept saying that his fellow exco member (DAP’s) Teresa Kok was fighting against Islamic programmes in Selangor. He also said that the Indians were demanding to build more temples in the state. At this point, Khalid stood up and scolded Hasan, saying what was wrong with the Indians building temples,” he said.
G Vinod, Free Malaysia Today
Since former Selangor PAS chief Hasan Ali failed in his bid to become menteri besar, his former aide Abdul Rahman Talib alleged that Hasan started criticising the Pakatan Rakyat state government during party retreats or meetings.
Rahman cited an example where, during a party retreat attended by Kedah Menteri Besar Azizan Abu Bakar, former Perak menteri besar Nizar Jamaluddin, PAS vice-president Husam Musa and PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad, Hasan had badmouthed the Selangor government.
“He kept saying that his fellow exco member (DAP’s) Teresa Kok was fighting against Islamic programmes in Selangor. He also said that the Indians were demanding to build more temples in the state. At this point, Khalid stood up and scolded Hasan, saying what was wrong with the Indians building temples,” he said.
Hasan also started making wild accusations, saying that in Selangor only 30% of the local council positions were given to Malays.
Rahman said that there were many times during Selangor PAS meetings, Khalid and Hulu Kelang assemblyman Saari Sungib would trade barbs with Hasan over his wild accusations.
Diverting attention
On Hasan’s allegation of apostasy, Rahman, who operates a blog under the moniker Tulang Besi, alleged that the issue was played up to divert people’s attention over the zakat mismanagement in Selangor.
“Remember the Malays hauled up at the Methodist Church gathering last year? They said that they had no choice but to get funds from the church as zakat authorities rejected their application.
“That’s when Khalid Samad and former Perlis mufti Dr Asri Zainul Abidin started questioning what Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) was doing. To protect MAIS from scrutiny, Hasan played up the apostasy issue,” he told FMT.
“MAIS had refused to allow the state government to conduct an audit of its RM200 million worth of funds. Why should they be secretive? It’s public funds. For questioning them, MAIS retaliated by revoking Khalid Samad’s religious credentials,” he added.
Rahman also scoffed at Hasan’s claims that DAP would merge Malaysia with Singapore if the Chinese-dominated party came into power.
“Although PAP’s rule in the island went unchallenged since Singapore’s independence, it did not repeal its Article 153 that accords special position for the Malays. Besides, the Malays in Singapore are happy with PAP.
“But look at the Singapore Malay National Organisation (SMNO), Umno’s offshoot in Singapore. They are too busy fighting among themselves for posts. That’s what Umno will become once they lose power,” he said.
