PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar has denied being involved in any meeting in Bangkok that some parties have labelled the "Bangkok Move".
Ahmad Samsuri said he was not involved in any meeting linked to the matter, reported Sinar Harian.
"Referring to statements made by several parties, I wish to clarify that I was not involved in any meeting in Bangkok referred to by some as the 'Bangkok Move' as reported.
"Any meeting or discussion linked to the matter did not involve me and has nothing to do with me," he said in a statement on his Facebook page on Friday (March 6) night.
At the same time, he urged all parties not to speculate or link his name to matters that did not take place.
"I hope all parties will not speculate or associate my name with things that did not happen," he said.
Earlier, Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was reported to have held a meeting with Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin last year to discuss the issue of uniting Malay and Islamic parties.
According to media reports, several sources from political parties said that besides Hamzah, Ahmad Zahid was also said to have met Ahmad Samsuri and Perikatan deputy secretary-general who is also PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.
The meeting was believed to have taken place in early December last year when Ahmad Zahid, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, was on a working visit to Bangkok, Thailand.
