Perak PAS Youth has lodged a report against Baiduri, a charity organisation consisting of wives of Perak state assembly members, with the Anti-Corruption Agency.

The complaint comes hot on the heels of similar scandals in Penang and Selangor where similar bodies had found ways of preventing their funds from falling into the hands of the respective new governments.

In his report yesterday, Perak PAS Youth committee member Salman Saleh said the funds held by Baiduri should rightfully be held by the new state government.

“We urge the ACA to conduct a detailed investigation on the data, evidence and documents from Kamariah Mokri, former menteri besar Tajol Rosli’s wife, and wives of Barisan Nasional state assemblypersons,” said Salman in his report.

On Thursday, Perak infrastructure, public facilities, energy and non-Muslim affairs committee member Ngeh Khoo Ham told the state assembly that Baiduri had no ‘locus standi’ to change its constitution on February 18.

State government's money

He said Baiduri’s constitution was changed to allow only membership from wives of BN assemblypersons and parliamentarians.

Ngeh argued that the constitutional amendments were made at a time when the Perak BN government did not exist, as Parliament and the Perak state assembly was dissolved on Feb 13.

Thus, he said that Baiduri’s committee had no right to hold a meeting and make changes to the group.

"If the amendments were illegal, the money held by the association should be handled by the state government," he added.

Tajol, who is now state opposition leader, replied that Baiduri has RM1.3 million including RM1 million in a fixed deposit account with Tabung Haji.