Ambiga must be daring and be responsible for info on Sarawak Report

BUKIT KAYU HITAM: Former Malaysian Bar Council President Datuk S. Ambiga must be bold and responsible in providing data and information to the editor of the Sarawak Report, Clare Rewcastle-Brown linking PAS top leader receiving money from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Ambiga could not 'throw a stone and hide her hand' on the matter by avoiding to meet the media.
"We have known Ambiga's attitude from before, that is being bold when she is at the back, (but) afraid when she is in front. She avoids a meeting with the press ... no courage.
"If she has the courage with proof that she had given to the Sarawak Report, (she must) be brave ... she need not hide to state the information. She must have the courage to be responsible for all the data and information provided," he said.
He disclosed this at a media conference after a working visit and chairing the Second High Level Meeting (HLC) on National Security and Border Patrol at the new Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex in Bukit Kayu Hitam for the first phase here today.
Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Home Minister, was commenting on the report in the portal The Malaysian Insight which exposed the reply and defence filed by Rewcastle-Brown by saying that she had spoken to Ambiga in July 2016 on Najib, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and PAS.
The defence was filed by Rewcastle-Brown in the slander suit filed by PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang at the London High Court in April by linking the article that claimed PAS had received a RM90 million fund as a reward for supporting the Barisan Nasional.
The article in the Sarawak Report was titled As Najib denies all over 1MDB let's not forget his many other criminal connections published through the portal on Aug 6, 2016.
In this regard, Ahmad Zahid expressed his sympathy for PAS which should not be victimised over the matter which was untrue.
"If you want to play politics, do so in a courteous manner ... this is totally incredible. All this while, whatever is written by the Sarawak Report is considered as the gospel truth," he said. — Bernama