Report lodged against DAP duo
(NST) – DAP Socialist Youth Selangor chief Chua Yew Choong and DAP Pandan and Ampang branch heads have lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at its office in Jalan Cochrane, here, against former DAP Teratai assemblyman Jenice Lee and her former aide, Lee Hsuan Ba, for alleged abuse of power and misuse of state funds.
Chua claimed there were five cases involving the suspected abuse of power and misuse of state funds by Jenice and Hsuan Ba.
He said the cases involved more than RM54,000.
Of that, RM32,000 was collected from residents of Taman Seraya by Hsuan Ba, who allegedly used his elder brother’s business, BA Communication, as a cover, claimed Chua, adding that the money was then used to build a retaining wall.
The remaining RM22,000 was used to purchase various promotional materials, like banners and T-shirts, for DAP activities in Sg Pelek, where Jenice used to be the “foster assemblyman”.
Chua also claimed that Jenice had approved several payments from the state government to BA Communication for the purchase of the items at what he felt were inflated prices.
One of the payments, which amounted to RM5,600, was for banners issued by Mega Event.
Chua claimed that Mega Event belonged to Hsuan Ba.
“A T-shirt costs RM39.50 and a design for a banner costs RM600. I think this is too expensive,” he said, adding that Jenice had knowingly allowed Hsuan Ba to benefit from projects that were organised by DAP in Sg Pelek.
Jenice had filed papers to stand as an independent candidate to defend her seat in Teratai.
This is despite having been replaced by DAP candidate Tiew Way Keng.
Meanwhile, Hsuan Ba issued a press statement saying he would “fully cooperate with any investigations initiated by any public authority, including MACC”.
When contacted, Jenice declined to comment on the matter.