KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 — Selangor PAS commissioner Datuk Dr Hasan Ali and his former deputy Khalid Samad are expected to be censured for misconduct after the party disciplinary committee wraps up its probe next month.
Disciplinary committee chairman Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man told The Malaysian Insider that they have a strong case against the two Selangor PAS leaders.
He disclosed that Hasan and Khalid, who is Shah Alam MP, will be called in for further explanation on Jan 7 and 9.
“We are satisfied with the written explanation given by them and we found that there is case against both of them. So, we decided to call them to give their verbal explanation on certain aspects,” Tuan Ibrahim told The Malaysian Insider.
However he did not say what type of further testimony was required from the two leader, who have publicly differed on policy.
“We have already informed Khalid and he agreed to cooperate with us and meet the committee on Jan 7.
“However no date has been set with Datuk Hasan and the secretariat will keep in touch with Datuk Hasan for him to meet us,” he added.
The duo are under investigation for making statements that are detrimental to the Islamist party.
Among the evidence submitted to the committee was an audio recording of a PAS leader ridiculing the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat government.
Tuan Ibrahim, who is also one of the vice president, explained that any disciplinary action against them will depend on their explanation.
“There is no decision yet whether there is a need to call other witnesses,” he further explained.
The committee has three choices; give written warning, suspend or expel from the party depending on the severity of their offences.
“The disciplinary committee will decide the sentences, not the central committee. But they can appeal to central committee,” Tuan Ibrahim said.
He also dismissed rumours that Hasan has been sentenced by the disciplinary committee during their meeting on Wednesday night.
“We are still in the mid of studying their explanation, so no such thing,” he said.
The rumour of the disciplinary action against Hasan started to emerge yesterday morning, just hours after the disciplinary committee meeting on Wednesday night.
The disciplinary committee was also said to have recommended for Hasan to be suspended from the party for two-terms.
In retaliation to the decision Hasan is alleged to be making preparations to declare himself as an independent state assemblyman.
Hasan could not be reached for his comment.
On Wednesday, Hasan told reporters that he is willing to resign from party positions if asked by the party leadership.
The Malaysian Insider also understands that rumour of Hasan’s sacking was spread by party leaders from a rival faction in an attempt to pressure the disciplinary committee to punish the Gombak Setia assemblyman.
The group who has been opposing Hasan’s leadership are worried that the disciplinary committee is buying time before acquitting him, said a party insider.
However, the other two PAS vice presidents Salahuddin Ayub and Datuk Mahfuz Omar when contacted by The Malaysian Insider dismissed the rumour, saying that they would have been informed about it.
“Whatever the decision is, it must first be approved by the central committee but we have not heard anything yet,” said Mahfuz.
Salahuddin concurred with Mahfuz but said that he was ‘unsure’ if the disciplinary committee had indeed passed a sentence against Hasan.
Meanwhile Khalid laughed and described it just a “joke” of end of the year.
“I heard about the rumours and also some blogs carrying such information,” said Khalid who is also Shah Alam PAS chief.
However he explained that it is too early to say about the outcome of the disciplinary committee’s decision.
He assumed that they should only able to know the final outcome by the end of January.
“Now we are still at preliminary stage, they (the disciplinary committee) still going through our explanation and then they have to present at the central committee meeting for debate,” he said.
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