PINANG Tunggal assemblyman Datuk Roslan Saidin yesterday challenged the DAP-led Penang government to divulge details of expenses from its RM64 million allocation for Islamic affairs in the state for last year.
Roslan said the state administration should reveal the breakdown of the figures after proclaiming that it had doled out a higher allocation for Islamic affairs in the state since coming into power in 2008.
He claimed that the RM64 million figure was misleading and that Muslims in the state should be informed about where the funds went.
"We are aware that it was the Federal Government that built mosques, surau and religious schools here, and even pays the RM800 monthly allowance to kafa (religious school teachers), while the state government only chips in RM50 every month to these teachers.
"So what was the allocation spent on?" he asked.
Roslan was speaking after leading a group of Pinang Tunggal residents in a peaceful protest against a billboard erected by the state government here.
The billboard, which proclaimed that the state had spent RM64 million on Islamic affairs, was erected on a private land belonging to a Pakatan Rakyat supporter.
Roslan said Umno members would be holding talks and would go house to house to counter the billboard's misleading information.
He said despite the DAP-led administration's claims, he believed that Muslims in the state had not seen much results from the allocation.
Nilailah sendiri sama ada Dap mampu lagi memrintah Pulau Pinang atau patut di pulangkan balik kepada yang lebih berhak iaitu BN
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