Overview
- PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang told delegates at the party congress on Saturday that US embassy representatives in 2014 offered to help PAS topple the government and asked who the party would propose as prime minister.
- The US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur issued a public statement on Sunday saying the allegation is false and that the United States has never sought to decide Malaysia’s political leadership.
- PAS officials have confirmed a 2014 meeting with US embassy representatives but said the discussion was limited to whether PAS planned to challenge the then-Barisan Nasional government and did not include an admission of US help to change the government.
- Federal police at Bukit Aman have received multiple reports about Hadi’s remarks and contacted him for cooperation, with PAS saying Hadi is ready to give a statement to investigators.
- The claim links back to the period around former president Barack Obama’s 2014 visit to Malaysia and highlights how allegations of foreign interference can trigger legal complaints, political dispute, and closer scrutiny of past diplomatic contacts.