00:00An aide to pass President Abdul Hadi Awang says police have recorded a statement from Hadi
00:06over one of his Minda President Pass columns.
00:10Political Secretary Shair Sulaiman said Hadi is always prepared to cooperate with the authorities
00:15even if Malay DAP leaders allege his speeches and writings are capable of inciting public disorder.
00:22Shair did not identify the specific column while FMT was unable to confirm his claim with Bukit Aman.
00:28He added that Hadi was prepared to face trial if authorities found sufficient grounds to bring charges against him.
00:35Hadi had previously described secularism as a deviant teaching introduced by Western colonizers
00:41and noted DAP's position that the federal constitution was secular.
00:46DAP leaders Shared Zanjohan, young Shefura Osman, Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali and Shirlina Abdul Rashid
00:54then questioned why the same issues did not stop Pass from working with DAP in Pakatan Rakyat from 2008 to
01:022015.
01:03They also accused Hadi of exploiting Islam for political gain.
01:07Hadi responded by calling the four uneducated and maintained that his claims were based on Islamic scripture,
01:13the federal constitution and past statements by DAP leaders.
01:18He noted that the Pakatan Rakyat Alliance collapsed after disagreements over a move by the past-led Kelantan government
01:24to ban the consumption of alcohol and pass the state sharia criminal enactment.
01:30Jocelyn Kaur, FMT.
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