An anti-graft watchdog has threatened to name the cabinet minister whom it claims siphoned RM30 million to clear a debt.

The Democracy and Anti-Corruption Movement (Gerak) is frustrated with the government's muted response to the allegation .

Gerak chairperson Ezam Mohd Noor said the watchdog will also reveal documentary evidence to substantiate its claim, including police reports and statements from the Malaysian Companies Commission.

"The prime minister (Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) might be too busy or he just doesn't have the political will to act on the allegation," he added when contacted today.

Last month, Gerak handed a 632-page report accusing an Umno senior cabinet minister of criminal breach of trust to the Prime Minister's Department.

The evidence included police reports lodged by a public listed company director in 1998. Gerak said it took six months to compile the evidence.

Ezam said a second memorandum will be sent to the Department next week. He said the documents will be made public if Abdullah does not "make an announcement" soon after.

Privileged information

"I still hold to the principal that it is privileged information. He (Abdullah) is in a privileged position to act on his cabinet member. That's why I've not announced the identity," he said.

"The evidence is very incriminating. They are not newspaper cuttings. They are documents from primary sources," he added.

Last month, Ezam said he did not forward the documents to the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) because he had "problems" with former director-general Zulkipli Mat Noor.

Last month, Zulkipli was cleared of corruption allegations, raised by a former ACA state director and publicised by Gerak.

Meanwhile, Ezam said the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry has yet to respond to the allegation of nepotism and corruption within its subsidiary, the Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (Fama).

Over 20 officers, including the Fama director-general, were implicated in a report that was handed over to the ministry last week.