PENANG, May 27 - People's Progressive Party (PPP) president Datuk M Kayveas will initiate lawsuits against those who had hurled baseless allegations at him.
"Lately, slanderous accusations have been hurled against me and I have no choice, but to take legal action against them," he told reporters after opening Penang PPP's annual convention here today.
He said he was informed today that a lawyer had lodged a complaint with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) that there had been misappropriation of funds in the party.
"I'm prepared to hand over documents pertaining to the party accounts to prove that no abuse has taken place since I became party president in 1993," he added.
On PPP's status, Kayveas said he was in the process of submitting all the documents requested by RoS concerning the party.
On developments in the party, he said one of the leaders expelled had submitted his appeal while two others had stated they would do so in the next two or three days.
"Datuk T Murugiah can also appeal, if he really loves the party. The deadline is May 30 and the party will give due consideration to all appeals," he added.
PPP, a component party of the Barisan Nasional, plunged into crisis after Murugiah, who is a PPP supreme council member and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, and several other leaders of the party were expelled by the party's disciplinary board recently.
Murugiah was elected as the "new president" of PPP at an extraordinary general meeting held in Putrajaya on Sunday, prompting a probe by the ROS. - Bernama
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