He said this in response to a claim by the Member of Parliament for Serdang Ong Kian Ming in parliament that he had received a complaint that the NAAM subsidiary had received contracts totalling RM85 million, despite it being unfit to provide such services.

He also said the owners were allegedly linked to Saravanan, which Saravanan denied.

Saravanan said the claim that the company had received a contract worth RM85 million was untrue. However, he said: “Companies help conduct training and they are chosen via an open tender.That is different from receiving contracts.”

Ong, not satisfied with the answer, said there was a conflict of interest as Saravanan was also the head of the foundation.

Saravanan, however, insisted there was no conflict of interest.

“I am only taking responsibility,” replied Saravanan.

Outside Parliament, Ong demanded the Youth and Sports Ministry release a complete internal audit report on NAAM over the matter.

He wondered why the ministry was giving money to a company he said that had been classified as dormant.

This is not the first time Ong has taken NAAM to task over its finances.

In March, the Youth and Sports Ministry came under fire after Ong alleged there was a conflict of interest in the disbursement of RM19 million for a chilli planting programme under the NAAM Foundation.