BOMBSHELL – GLC BOSS, WHO WROTE RM1.4 MIL CHEQUE TO SAVE HADI, HAS BEEN PROMOTING UMNO-PAS UNITY GOVT SINCE 2008: HE IS HADI’S GOOD PAL, NOTHING TO DO WITH ANWAR – RAFIZI MAKES MORE REVELATIONS AS HADI & CO NOW TRY TO BLAME ANWAR

The government-linked company (GLC) boss implicated in the alleged RM1.4 million payout to Clare Rewcastle-Brown is not Anwar Ibrahim’s best friend.

In a Facebook posting today, former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli poured scorn on the allegations by several staunch PAS supporters who attempted to link the GLC chief to Anwar.

The man in question is said to have banked in the amount as part of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s out of court settlement with Rewcastle-Brown over a defamation suit.

Rafizi brushed aside claims by PAS supporters that Anwar and the man were close, saying that these were mere concoctions aimed at creating the impression that Hadi was being framed.

Rafizi claimed that it is Hadi’s family who is close to the GLC man.

“It is widely known that he had given financial contributions to PAS,” Rafizi said, adding that the man, a former Abim activist, was never involved in PKR activities and was no Anwar supporter.

Hadi had earlier sued Rewcastle-Brown in London over a 2016 Sarawak Report article which alleged that then prime minister Najib Abdul Razak channeled RM90 million to top PAS leaders in a bid to secure support ahead of the 14th general election.

However, both parties had reached an out-of-court settlement, with Hadi paying a settlement to Rewcastle-Brown.

Rewcastle-Brown had confirmed that Hadi had paid RM1.4 million through her lawyer Americk Sidhu.

Rafizi said that the GLC boss had been promoting the idea of a unity government between Umno and PAS as far back as 2008.

Saying that there was nothing wrong with Hadi and man having a close relationship, Rafizi remarked tongue-in-cheek that he is not surprised that the latter was willing to fork out RM1.4 million to save his best friend’s image.

“It’s wrong when PAS tries to spin the issue and does not correct its staunch supporters who are defaming the man who had contributed so much to PAS all this while,” he said.

Commenting on the man’s as chairperson of a GLC, Rafizi stressed that there was nothing strange about it, saying that the Pakatan Harapan government was open and professional and had not held the man’s close ties with Hadi against him.

He added his claim that Hadi had yet to defend his friend over the allegations or admit that the latter had paid RM1.4 million for him.

MKINI