Former PAS treasurer suspicious of party’s spending power
Perak Amanah chairman Asmuni Awi speaks to Malay Mail during an interview in Ipoh March 6, 2019. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Asmuni, who is now head of the Perak Amanah, said some PAS leaders’ ability to independently fund large-scale programmes raised suspicion. He said the party has around 800,000 members who paid only a one-off RM100 to register. It also did not get donations larger than RM20,000.However, he asserted that the organisers of programmes costing millions, such as the Nadwah Permerkasaan Du'at , Himpunan Derita Rakyat , and Himpunan Harapan Semua never requested for funding.
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