The grand plan was to split the votes by engaging in three-cornered fights in the 2018 general election. The plan was supposed to work because historical data showed the opposition will always lose whenever there was a three-cornered fight. So, PAS’ President Hadi Awang quit the Pakatan Rakyat coalition by simply accusing Chinese-based DAP of anti-Muslim and anti-Islam and whatnot.

For doing that, Mr. Hadi gets the RM90 million to be shared among his minions. They argued that because Hadi Awang dared to sue Sarawak Report over the RM90 million bribery allegation, PAS must be squeaky clean. Furthermore, the Hadi Awang has taken his fight to London, United Kingdom, something which even Najib Razak would not dare do. It was hoped that with financial backing from UMNO, PAS could bankrupt Sarawak Report due to high cost of libel trials in UK.

Of course, Mr. Nik Abduh has rubbished the audio recording as nothing but fake. Nik Abduh, unlike his father, bizarrely, has been defending Najib Razak against the accusation that the former prime minister has stolen billions of ringgit from the people – calling such allegations as political conspiracy. Essentially, the entire top leaders of PAS have become Najib defenders.

Barrister Jacob Dean has confirmed that Hadi Awang will not challenge the authenticity of the recording, hence removing the need for expert forensic evidence to identify the speaker. Hadi’s lawyers have also indicated that Nik Abduh and possibly others present at the time of the recording (including Hadi’s son-in-law, Zaharuddin Muhammad), would be among the witnesses at the next trial.