In a Facebook posting today, he said he had read several reports of Perlis Hope alleging that he, the police and Perlis religious authorities may have been linked to the disappearance of Amri, whom he described as a “Shia activist”.
“Perlis Hope thinks that I have long been dissatisfied with their welfare activities because they made it seem as though MAIPS was not doing its work. Is that true?” Asri said.
Perlis Hope refers to the organisation founded by Amri while MAIPs is the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council.
Earlier today, Amri’s wife Norhayati Ariffin had told the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) inquiry into his disappearance that Asri was part of a team of some 20 officers from the police and the Perlis Mufti Department that had arrived outside her house to question Amri.
She also named minister Shahidan Kassim and the Perlis Islamic Religious Affairs Department as among those she suspected as being involved in her husband’s disappearance.
She said Asri had previously accused Perlis Hope of having links with terrorist activities.
Asri said readers should peruse his Facebook posting on Oct 12, 2016 titled “Syiah Mula Menyerap Masuk Ke Perlis” (“Shia teachings starting to enter Perlis”).
“Read my posting. Read properly.”
Amri, 44, has been missing since Nov 24, 2016.
Norhayati had previously said that witnesses saw five cars blocking his Toyota Fortuner before taking him away, about 550m from their house in Bukit Chabang, Perlis.
Amri had been speculated to be involved in spreading the teachings of Shia, the branch of Islam decreed as being deviant in Malaysia. Norhayati had rejected the allegation.
Meanwhile, Philip Koh, the lawyer for Amri’s family at the inquiry, told FMT that Asri may be summoned by Suhakam to give his statement on the missing-person case.
Wife of missing Perlis activist names mufti Asri, Shahidan Kassim