PAS ‘guard of honour’ under fire

Controversial uniforms: Abdul Hadi inspecting the guard of honour made up of members of the party’s volunteer corps Jabatan Amal.

KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS volunteer corps attired in “military” dress uniforms has caused a hoo-ha, with the Defence Minister stepping in to say that a meeting would be held soon to decide whether laws have been breached.

PAS Youth, on its part, said it would look into complaints raised by National Patriots Association (Patriot) about the uniforms donned by the party’s volunteer corps, Jabatan Amal, during Saturday’s opening of the PAS general assembly when party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang inspected the “guard of honour”. PAS Youth created the Jabatan Amal.