This was the gist of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim's lenghthy reply when asked on former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam's revelation on the bloody Memali incident in 1985.
"If one is a former deputy prime minister, one would know the risks...if one contravenes the Official Secrets Act...
"Morally, in Islam, the Prophet Muhammad said that those who do not expose his brethren's source of shame will not be shamed by Allah in the afterlife.
