Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s senior political secretary Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin has demanded news portal MalaysiaNow retract an article linking him to a man who posted a “prayer” calling for the death of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Although the man, known as Zaki Yamani, used to serve as PKR Youth secretary when Shamsul led the wing in 2007, the latter stressed that “it has no relevance to the current situation or any official capacity.”

“I urge MalaysiaNow to...