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| Malaysian muslim party leaders deny protecting Thai fugitive | |
| 2006-05-29 | |
| Pas leaders yesterday denied a Bangkok Post report alleging some Pas members were among those protecting a Thai fugitive. The newspaper said Sapae-ing Basor, the principal of Thamawitaya Foundation School in Yala, fled his Yala home in December 2004 just hours before the police came to arrest him. The paper said Sapae-ing was believed to be hiding in Kelantan, a place where he had many friends to protect and support him. “These people include ranking members of Kelantan’s ruling Islamic Party of Malaysia (Pas),” the report alleged. State executive councillor and Kelantan Pas secretary Takiyuddin Hassan, when contacted, said: “We are a registered party under Malaysian laws and we abide by the rules.” State Pas Youth chief Mohd Zaki Ibrahim condemned the report. Mohd Zaki, who is also Kelaboran state assemblyman, said it was the third of similar accusations by the newspaper since the violence in southern Thailand started about two years ago. He said earlier reports that students were being trained in the jungles of Kelantan and that women were being trained as suicide bombers in the State had been denied by the Federal Government. “I like to remind them to be careful in making accusations."
“No Pas leader or member is involved in protecting and supporting the suspect.” | |
| Posted by:ryuge |