GE14 | PAS central committee member Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki claimed that the RM1.5 million and RM1 million deposits received by the Islamist party were donations from an individual.

He denied that the sum had come from Umno, as claimed by critics.

"We face a thousand and one slanders. The most recent is by a former PAS leader who claimed we received RM1.5 million and RM1 million.

"This was a donation from an individual, not from Umno. It did not come from the Umno office," Zuhdi told a forum organised by Sinar Harian in Shah Alam yesterday.

Expressing gratitude to the donor, Zuhdi, however, did not name the individual.

"That is why we say 'thank you' to the person who donated - thank you.

"After this, if there is anyone who wants to donate RM5 million, Alhamdulillah," he added.

According to Malaysia Dateline, the organ for PAS splinter party Amanah, former PAS leader Mahfuz Omar alleged that the PAS central body received RM1.5 million and another RM 1 million.

He claimed that the RM2.5 million was deposited into a trust account in Terengganu.

Mahfuz, who is now an Amanah vice-president, named Terengganu PAS leaders Saitiful Bahri Mamat, Muhyiddin Abdul Rashid and Shukrimun Shamsuddin as the trustees.

The trio denied the claim and threatened to sue Mahfuz.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has also filed a defamation suit in the UK against the London-based editor of Sarawak Report, Clare Rewcastle-Brown, over an article which suggested the Islamist party received RM90 million from caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

PAS' critics have accused the party of colluding with Najib and Umno to split the votes for the opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan.

Hadi and other PAS leaders have repeatedly denied this accusation.