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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): PKR's Rafizi Ramli today alleged that Barisan Nasional (BN) used RM2 million in taxpayers' money to fund its campaigns during the 13th General Election.

Describing the money as another "donation", the party's secretary-general said it was channelled to an Indian-based association.

He said he found out about the matter after obtaining a Finance Ministry letter dated April 23, 2013, to the association.

"Now we have evidence that part of BN’s campaign was funded by taxpayers' money and it has a much larger repercussion, because the RM2 million is public funds," he said at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.

Rafizi also showed the association's minutes of the meeting, dated May 11, 2013, that it had received RM2.5 million.

He said he would reveal further details and documents at a separate press conference soon.

When asked about the extra RM500,000, Rafizi said he believed the amount oiginated from other sources within the association.

"I want to focus on the public funds, we can ascertain so far that the figure matches the expenditures which we will reveal at a later date," he said.

"I want to ask a simple question to the prime minister (Datuk Seri Najib Razak)... why didn't he take RM2 million from the RM2.6 billion donation he received?"

"Why did he take RM2 million from public funds instead?" Rafizi said.

The Malaysian Insider is still trying to get comments from the association.

Najib has come under fire over the RM2.6 billion donation from both the opposition and within his own party, especially his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, whom he axed from the Cabinet last year.

Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali recently said based on evidence from witnesses and supporting documents submitted by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission, the sum deposited into the prime minister's accounts just before the general election was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family which “was given to him without any consideration”.

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