KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang denied today a newspaper report that claimed the PAS president was given a senior post in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
Hadi refuted a front-page report published by Egyptian paper Al-Wathan last Sunday that said he has been appointed as the secretary-general of the oldest and most influential Islamist group in the strife-torn country.
“I wholly refute the news that claimed that I was appointed as the new secretary-general in the Muslim Brotherhood,” Hadi told reporters at the Parliament lobby here today.
“PAS is also looking at taking the appropriate action against the Al-Wathan paper, according to the law,” he added.
The leader of the Islamist opposition party, however, stressed that PAS supported the process of democracy in Egypt and opposed the military rule imposed on the Middle Eastern country.
Al-Jazeera reported last week that an Egyptian court has upheld a ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered the seizure of its assets.
The Muslim Brotherhood was banned last September after the army toppled President Mohamed Mursi, following mass protests against his administration.
