Haron Din: Claims in WSJ report far-fetched

PETALING JAYA: PAS hopes that allegations that funds were channelled into Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s personal accounts are proven untrue for the sake of the country.

“Otherwise it may affect investor confidence, and further weaken our economy,” PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Dr Haron Din (pic) told The Star on Saturday.

The PAS leader was responding to articles in the Wall Street Journal and Sarawak Report on Friday claiming that funds amounting to US$700mil (RM2.6bil) had been channelled to Najib’s personal accounts.

Dr Haron added that the allegations in the articles appeared far-fetched.

“It is unbelievable that someone transferred public funds into a personal account.

“If someone wants to cheat, they would have pumped it into a secret account,” he said, adding that it was not right to implicate someone without concrete evidence.

Dr Haron, however, added that the matter should not be taken lightly if there was some basis to the allegations.

“But, for now, we will just wait for the authorities to conclude investigations,” he said.