Segambut MCA chief Daniel Ling Sia Chin said he had no knowledge of the matter and urged Yeoh to prove her claim that RM3.5 million for community programmes had indeed been given to a PN politician.
In a statement, he warned that legal action would be taken against Yeoh if she failed to produce the evidence, saying she had made “very serious” allegations.
“Ever since the pandemic struck, my team from Segambut MCA have been on the ground helping the residents, with assistance from the residents’ associations and Kuala Lumpur City Hall.
“I would like to reiterate that neither we nor other PN volunteer teams have ever taken any money, as alleged by Yeoh. No such funds have been allocated or disbursed.
“On MCA’s part, our community work is funded independently.”
He also criticised Yeoh for using the term “unelected politician”, saying there was no law that prohibited such individuals from serving the people.
He claimed that there were numerous “unelected politicians” serving the people of Segambut because Yeoh was hardly seen “on the ground” to help her constituents.
“I can only conclude that DAP feels threatened by our service to the people in Segambut. That is why she is making such baseless accusations.”
Earlier this week, Yeoh called for transparency over some millions of ringgit in allocations for community programmes in her constituency, saying she had lost all allocations given by the federal government to each MP following the “Sheraton Move”.
She said the allocations totalled RM3.8 million, out of which RM300,000 a year was used to run her office, including paying staff salaries, rent, utilities and other incidental expenses.
Whatever remains of the RM3.5 million is given as grants to associations in Segambut and used for community programmes, including infrastructure projects in schools and parks, she added.
“This allocation has been redirected by the PN government to an unelected PN politician in Segambut.
“We have no details of their spending since the Sheraton Move. No one knows,” she had said.