DAP secretary-general Kerk Kim Hock vowed to go to the MCA headquarters on Tuesday to try and obtain the full list of recipients for the MCA JE Humanitarian Fund and details concerning the disbursement of the RM16-million controversial fund.

The opposition leader told malaysiakini he had requested for the list two weeks ago but did not receive a reply. He had also faxed a letter of request to MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik last week.

Kerk said he has already informed MCA secretary-general Dr Ting Chew Peh of his intention to visit the party's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

"Ting says I can go but it is up to the president to give (the name list and details)," he said.

In addition to the list, Kerk asked MCA - which has raised the funds from the public - to provide him with details on the criteria used in disbursing the fund and the amount of money handed over to the board of trustees.

His ire was raised following a fresh round of allegations by Bukit Pelanduk pig farmers that the fund was abused when it was disbursed to 25 people recently, each of them receiving RM21,000.

According to Kerk, the farmers claimed the disbursement did not comply with the fund's guidelines.

Over the past four years, about 4,000 victims have received compensation from the fund.

No demonstration

At a meeting earlier today, Kerk told the pig farmers he would be going to the MCA office, prompting the farmers to say they would follow.

The opposition leader said he was not organising the Kuala Lumpur trip for the farmers and added that those who wish to be there would have to come on their own.

However, he welcomed the farmers' participation because they can request for the list themselves.

Kerk, who is also member of parliament for Kota Melaka, stressed that there would be no demonstration or trouble.

"We are not going to demonstrate but to collect the list," he said, adding he has told the farmers not to bring any banners with them.

The once thriving pig industry in Bukit Pelanduk in Negeri Sembilan collapsed overnight due to the Nipah outbreak in 1998. About 100 people lost their lives and thousands of pigs were culled.

The virus was initially said to be the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) but later it was discovered to be a different strain.

The new virus was named Nipah after the Sungai Nipah village in Bukit Pelanduk.