SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has never made any remark categorising the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, said Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.
“What recent remark? He never said that, even in Parliament. This is insinuating (something) he has never insinuated.
“We condemn all acts of terrorism,” he said in his capacity as the Unity Government spokesman, to the Malaysian press when asked about an allegation by the Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ).
Fahmi said he carefully followed the Prime Minister’s statements, whether in Parliament, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), or his lecture at the University of California in Berkeley, and never once did Anwar mention or perceived Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
“I ask the CLJ to look into it again and maybe correct it. He never insinuated… he never said it,” he said.
In a statement, CLJ claimed Anwar has insinuated that Hamas is a terrorist organisation and it expressed its disappointment for the same.
“We call upon Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to carefully consider the implications of his statements and to approach the matter with a balanced and informed perspective,” they said.
Fahmi is in San Francisco, the United States, as part of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s delegation to the 30th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting, which ends today.
— Bernama
