The allocation was announced by former prime minister Najib Razak during a state election campaign at Rumah Taboh, Rascom Resettlement Scheme, Nanga Ngungun, on March 27, 2016.

Kanowit PKR division secretary George Chen said despite the approval of the allocation, the construction of the road had not yet commenced.

“We, as Sarawakians, want to know where the money has gone to.

“Has the money been allocated or hijacked by politicians for other areas for development?

“We want to know,” he told reporters after lodging the report at MACC office at Wisma Persekutuan here today.

He said the earth-breaking ceremony for the road construction project was performed three times — in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

The report was lodged against Najib, Deputy Chief Minister James Masing and Kanowit MP Aaron Ago Dagang, whom Chen alleged to have made empty promises to gain support from voters during election time.

The people from 40 longhouses in the area have to continue using logging roads to commute to Kanowit bazaar because of the unfulfilled promise, Chen said.

He said during the rainy season, the logging road would be impassable to all vehicles, making life hard for the people there.

The three PKR divisions had lodged police reports on the matter at the Kanowit police station on June 6 and at the Commercial Crime Division, Sibu district police headquarters, on June 11.

Present were Kanowit PKR chairman Thomas Laja Besi and Lanang PKR chairman Law Hin Ching.