U.S. Embassy Representative Asked PAS About Its Prime Minister Candidate, Says Abdul Hadi
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- PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang said a U.S. embassy representative asked which prime minister candidate the party supported.
- He said the question came during a meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia, after PAS leaders Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan and Datuk Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar had been involved in the meeting.
A representative of the U.S. Embassy once asked PAS President Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang who the party proposed as prime minister, Abdul Hadi claimed.
He said the question was raised during a meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia. The account came after PAS leaders Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan and Datuk Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar had been involved in the meeting.
Abdul Hadi’s account places the question in the context of discussions involving PAS and its possible candidate for the country’s top political post.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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