KUALA LUMPUR: “Few people realise that Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang has a Chinese daughter-in-law, Aisyah Lim,” wrote PAS information chief Nasrudin Hassan on Facebook today.
Posting a photo of Aisyah and Hadi Awang’s son, who visited her Chinese family for the Lunar New Year, Nasrudin intended to set the record straight as “many factions accuse Abdul Hadi Awang of being anti-Chinese.”
It was an opportune moment to dispel rumours that have plagued the party since the passing of spiritual leader Tok Guru Nik Aziz.
The Islamic party has had to counter negative perceptions that PAS leader Abdul Hadi Awang was against the Chinese, especially with the party’s move to implement hudud by way of a private member’s bill.
PAS has remained adamant that its cause was to uphold Islam and that the party welcomed all Malaysians of the Islamic faith.