CLEAR-CUT LESSON FOR MALAYS – RACISM & RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY LEADS TO SELF-INFLICTED POVERTY: NOW PAS CONFIRMS ITS MOUTHPIECE HARAKAH HAS RUN INTO DEBT – DAYS AFTER UMNO’S UTUSAN FORCED TO BEG FOR HELP TO PAY ITS STAFF

PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan has confirmed that the party’s mouthpiece, Harakah, has run into debt with its previous printer.

However, he denied that Harakah had deliberately “fled” from the previous company and hired a new printer.

“What happened was that the previous company had gone bankrupt, hence the change (to a new printer).

“I don’t want to say more, but the claim that we deliberately fled because we ran into debt is untrue,” he told reporters when met at a campaign to fly the Jalur Gemilang in Kota Bharu, yesterday.

The Kota Bharu MP said this when asked about the allegation that was circulating on social media, in wake of calls by PAS supporters to boycott non-Muslim products.

Some had claimed that Harakah was now being printed by a non-Muslim-owned business after running into debt with its previous printer.

Takiyuddin refused to divulge details on the matter.

“That is a business problem. There are arrears to companies, but I don’t want to talk about it,” he said.

– M’kini