Pang, who is reportedly a consultant, is on the 23-member global board of directors for Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF), which is accused of trying to influence elections in Malaysia.
In the past, whistle-blower site Wikileaks had revealed that Pang had urged the United States administration to dissociate itself from Prime Minister Najib Razak.
In a statement, Zahid said many had missed the point of the leaked documents from whistle-blower sites DC Leaks and Wikileaks on Soros’ purported role in Malaysia.
He said Soros’ Open Society Foundations had admitted stepping up their “Malaysia Program” and gone beyond funding civil society movements to become the key driver of the programme and mobilise hundreds and thousands onto the streets.
Zahid, who is also home minister, said the primary concern was not the Bersih rallies, which had called for Najib’s resignation, but the coordinated regime change and leadership role allegedly played by Soros.
“OSF denied it is trying to overthrow the government, but it did not dispute these exposes nor did it explain why it took the lead role or engaged in active lobbying of the United States government to dissociate from Najib.
“It also did not address what it meant by leveraging on its ‘network of networks’ or why it engaged an international public relations company for the ‘Malaysia Program’.”
Hence, Zahid said, the police should pick up Pang and question him on what he knew of Soros’ plans for Malaysia.
Earlier this week, Zahid said investigations should be launched into claims that Soros was funding Bersih, Merdeka Centre and Malaysiakini.
He said it was not a question of “who was funded” and “why”, but more of a question of foreign involvement in national politics.