REVEALED – HOW MAHATHIR SQUEEZES HADI UNTIL THE ‘FAKE HOLY MAN’ DUMPS UMNO? PAS PRESIDENT – A PRISONER OF HIS OWN RM90 MILLION SCANDAL?

PAS is in deep trouble, thanks to the RM90 million bribes the Islamic Party had taken from former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Actually, that is an understatement. PAS is game over as long as its President Hadi Awang still leads the party, along with his minions who had helped themselves to the chest of dirty money – buying luxury cars, huge bungalow and extra wives.

To be able to bribe a group of holy men with only RM90 million for a mission of betraying their allies (now-defunct Pakatan Harapan opposition) actually shows Mr. Hadi and his lieutenants were quite cheap. Hadi should have at least lead his boys to becoming high-class escorts, not some cheap hookers at Chow Kit willing to do anything for RM20 (*grin*).

Abdul Hadi Awang is incredibly panicked of the RM90 million scandal, now that it has been exposed widely. On Friday (Feb 15), the PAS president, with tail between legs, went to the office of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for a meeting which lasted 45 minutes. The 93-year-old premier revealed that they discussed “politics”, suggesting it was about the future of the Islamic party.

However, Abdul Hadi insisted the meeting was about “administrative matters”, clearly trying to give a false impression it could be related to oil royalty and had nothing to do with his RM90 million bribery scandal. His diversion tactic lasted only a short moment when Mahathir boastfully told all and sundry that PAS had formally stated it will not support UMNO in the Semenyih by-election.

Heck, not only Hadi “kowtowed” to Mahathir during the meeting, the disgraced PAS president also put it in writing and signed that the Islamic Party would not be helping UMNO in the Semenyih by-election. When journalists approached Hadi for his comment after Mahathir’s bombshell, the Holy Man avoided the media and whisked away by bodyguards.

If Mahathir was spreading fake news, Hadi would have clarified to the news media that the premier had lied and immediately denied the old man’s claims. But he didn’t do that and ran away instead. Why would the Islamic Party supremo pledge to help Mahathir, supposedly his enemy, if not for the simple reason that Hadi and his gang were indeed guilty of accepting the RM90 million bribes?

The bombshell had caught UMNO, PAS and practically all the opposition’s cybertroopers, propagandists and bloggers off guard. Everyone in UMNO was extremely confused and panicked, while PAS supporters quickly cooked up a story – that Mahathir paid Hadi tons of money to abandon UMNO. That pretty much confirms PAS has officially quit their alliance with UMNO.

In the same breath, the accusation that Mahathir could easily pay Hadi to quit UMNO also goes to show the PAS Islamic Party can easily be bought – has zero credibility, principles, dignity and whatnot. PAS and its hardcore believers and supporters have essentially lost face, just like a hilarious quote from former MIC President Samy Vellu – “kemaluan besar”.

As a master tactician, the 93-year-old Mahathir skilfully squeezes the balls of 71-year-old Hadi Awang until the fake Holy Man surrenders and leaves UMNO in the dark. It appears the RM90 million gifted by crooked Najib to his buddy Hadi has become the Achilles heel of PAS. Now, whenever Mahathir tells Hadi to jump, he can only ask how high.

Nik Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz was caught admitting to accepting money from UMNO in an audio recording. Last year, he denied he was the person in the recording, and claimed the audio was fabricated to tarnish his image. His boss, Hadi Awang, tried to play reverse psychology game by suing whistleblower Sarawak Report over its exposure of the RM90 million kickback.

When the lawsuit was about to proceed this year, suddenly and stunningly Hadi chickened out and offered an out-of-court settlement to the Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown. Subsequently, Nik Abduh made a U-turn, admitting that he was indeed the person in an audio recording many critics claim was proof that the Islamic party received money from UMNO all along.

But Nik Abduh did not only confess to accepting the dirty money from UMNO, but also revealed how Hadi Awang had given his “blessings to lie” to their 2-million followers. Some PAS leaders argued that Nik did not lie, but only did not tell the truth. As much as it was both entertaining and amusing, the silly drama didn’t stop there. So far, Hadi has not rubbished Nik’s revelation.

Hadi Awang insisted he has not listened to the controversial audio recording. Apparently, for some weird reason, he appears to be trying to avoid talking about the audio recording. When asked whether he would verify the matter, the Member of Parliament said he is too preoccupied with other matters and does not have time to be bothered with matters that he said is all in the past.

He said – “I have not watched and I have not read the audio. Whether it is true or not, I have to see first. There are a lot of things and I’m busy with other matters. It depends on whether I have time. I have a lot of other work. I have no time to listen to things that happened in the past.” Yet, Hadi had submitted a detailed analysis of the content of the tape to the London court in his response to Sarawak Report’s initial defence.

Obviously, Hadi has lied again about not having time to listen to the explosive audio recording – for a good reason. He cannot deny anymore that his leadership had taken bribes from UMNO. Sure, he can run, but he can’t hide.By now, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has the necessary evidence to charge PAS leaders, especially Hadi Awang and Nik Abduh.

Did Hadi really think he could hide from Mahathir that his buddy, Nasharudin Mat Isa, former PAS Deputy President who had jumped over to UMNO, was using “Foundation of the Global Movement of Moderates” as the front to launder money for PAS? Pro-Hadi propagandists thought as long as the authorities cannot prove the Islamic Party had taken RM90 million, everything is fine.

It doesn’t matter whether there were paper trails of RM90 million or just RM2 million. Accepting bribes amounting to RM2 million is as good as taking RM90 million. You still can be charged for corruption and money laundering. If found guilty, Hadi and his men could face up to maximum 20 years imprisonment and a fine of 5 times the value of the gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher.

And that was the juice of discussion during the Mahathir-Hadi meeting on Friday. Did Mahathir threaten to throw not only Hadi, but his eldest son, Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi, into prison for corruption? More importantly, was Hadi super terrified that he had no choice but to sign the agreement to abandon his ally UMNO? The writing is on the wall, is it not?

In fact, PAS could risk de-registration if the ROS (Registrar of Societies) is being roped in to investigate the Islamic Party. At the very least, PAS’ accounts could be frozen; the same way UMNO funds are being frozen, to facilitate investigators in investigating the money trail of the RM90 million bribes. The sight of PAS bank accounts being frozen alone has sent shivers down Hadi’s spine.

Hence, it’s laughable to say Mahathir needed to spend money to bribe Hadi to abandon UMNO. Armed with the evidence of corruption committed by PAS, Mahathir can make Hadi Awang cut the grass in the garden and the fake Holy Man can only say thank you to the prime minister for the opportunity given. Hadi is essentially the prisoner of the RM90 million scandal. He has become Mahathir’s bitch.

– Finance Twitter