The Malaysian Insight

PAS Youth delegate Amirul Jufri Mat Saman demanded to know why the Youth wing had invited independent preacher Muhammad Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu to speak at its congress.

The Perlis Jabatan Amal director said an explanation must be given by the organiser as the department was offended by Zamri’s recent statements.

“Why invite Zamri to come? We want an explanation from the congress – at least before making the decision to invite him, ask us first.

“We Perlis folk are offended as Zamri had spread slander regarding us.

We deserve an explanation, and if there is none, we as representatives from PAS Youth in Perlis will leave the hall,” he said.

Amirul Jufri said this during the presentation of the PAS Youth financial report during the PAS Youth 60th Congress in Gambang, today.

PAS Youth permanent chairman Kamal Ashaari told Amirul Jufri to raise the matter during debate as the conference still had not finished presenting PAS Youth’s financial accounts.

During the muktamar, Zamri had been given a special slot to address the congress for 10 minutes.

Amirul Jufri, however, refused to comment further when met.

“Wait first… the case hasn’t finished,” he said, refusing to comment further.

The anger over the invitation stemmed from the detention of Jabatan Amal members after Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin’s car was torched on March 22.

Three Jabatan Amal members were remanded by police for four days.

Zamri is seen as a protégé of Mohd Asri and inviting someone closely associated with the mufti did not go down well with the Perlis Amal members. – June 19, 2019.