PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan has asked lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan to come clean on what she told Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, following a similar call made by vice-president Idris Ahmad earlier today.

Rewcastle-Brown is embroiled in a defamation suit filed in the UK by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, for alleging that the party received funds worth RM90 million from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

In a statement of defence, she named Ambiga as the source of the information that PAS received the funds.

The statement also claimed that Hadi’s lawsuit is a means to protect Najib over the allegation.

Takiyuddin said that PAS was taking seriously the contents of Rewcastle-Brown's statement of defence that is currently circulating on the internet.

"PAS urges Ambiga to respond to the Sarawak Report editor's claim to paint a real picture amid the hearsay," Takiyuddin said in a statement today.

"The PAS president strongly denies all allegations and has instructed his lawyer to take appropriate action in court," he said.

Ambiga has declined to comment on the matter.