Hadi and Haron at odds over sex video

Haron Din wants PAS disciplinary committee to investigate the sex video featuring a man resembling PAS secretary general Mustafa Ali.

PETALING JAYA: PAS deputy spiritual advisor Haron Din has urged the party’s disciplinary committee to investigate the sex video featuring an individual resembling party secretary-general, Mustafa Ali.

“PAS has its own mechanism to overcome all problems and each committee has its own work manual. If the disciplinary committee sees it fit to take action, please continue doing so.

“I have nothing to do with the committee. They know their job, if there is something worth pursuing they will do so otherwise they would just wait and see,” said Haron who is also PAS’ candidate for Arau parliament seat, to Malay daily Utusan Malaysia.

He was commenting on reports over the 11-minute sex video that emerged on Friday.

Haron Din’s stand contradicts that of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang who defended Mustafa by claiming the video is fake.

In defending his secretary-general, Hadi said that Mustafa suffers from knee-pains that does not allow him (Mustafa) to perform prayers on the ground.

“If you are looking for an actor, look for a strong one, Mustafa has knee pain even (when)he goes down the stairs. He performs prayers, seated on the chair,” said Hadi.

The Malay daily also reported that PAS may be poised to face an internal storm over Hadi’s reluctance to take action against Mustafa.

Palanivel for Tapah?

In another report, the daily speculated that MIC president G Palanivel was poised to contest in Tapah.

Tapah incumbent and MIC vice-president M Saravanan will now move to contest in Sungai Siput.

This leaves the coast clear for incumbent Cameron Highlands MP, SK Devamany, who is expected to defend his seat.

Cameron Highlands was a sore point within MIC as Palanivel had reportedly made moves to displace Devamany and contest this ‘safe’ seat.

But it now looks like the issue has been resolved, said the Malay daily.

The Tapah parliamentary constituency, Utusan Malaysia reported, was a ‘safe’ seat for Palanivel, who lost Hulu Selangor seat in the 2008 general election.

Palanivel was a three term MP in Hulu Selangor before he lost to PKR’s Zainal Abidin Ahmad by a slim 198 votes majority. Palanivel obtained 22,979 votes to Zainal’s 23,177 votes.

The report also noted that Saravanan had a better chance of wresting Sungai Siput from PSM’s Dr Michael Jeyakumar.

Until 2008, Sungai Siput was a BN fort held down by former MIC president S Samy Vellu.

Jeyakumar trounced Samy, who was Sungai Siput MP since 1978, by a 1,821 vote majority.

Jeyakumar polled 16,458 votes to Samy’s 14,637 votes.