Annuar breaks ranks on race in armed forces, but PAS top brass silent
PAS central committee member Annuar Musa has stressed that national defence must rise above racial narrow-mindedness.
However, the party's top leadership has remained silent on the backlash over party president Abdul Hadi Awang's son-in-law Zaharuddin Muhammad's remarks about a Chinese Malaysian promoted to lieutenant general.
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