Raub MP Ng Yen Yen can expect to be shadowed - but not by voters - as she does her bit for Barisan Nasional in the Hulu Selangor by-election campaign.

ng yen yen Instead, intrepid villagers from Bukit Koman, Raub, will hunt her down over the eight-day campaign to get answers out of her over the use of cyanide in gold-mining activities near their village in Pahang.

Ng (right) has ‘adopted’ the Kuala Kubu Bharu new village as her base during the run-up to the by-election on April 25, and this will be the target of the Bukit Koman anti-cyanide committee.

"We have not been able to meet her since the issue came up four years ago. This is an opportunity. We will hand her a memorandum asking her for a dialogue,” said a committee member.

“If she wants an on-the-spot dialogue, it won’t be a problem for us. We just want to force her to meet us.”

The committee members also plan a presence on Saturday when nominations will be filed, and to speak at a few Pakatan Rakyat ceramah to draw attention to their plight.

NONE This is not the first time the committee has resorted to drastic measures to meet Ng, who is a vice-president in MCA as well as the tourism minister.

At the MCA extraordinary general meeting last October, committee members displayed a ‘missing person’ banner outside the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, urging Ng to take up the issue.

Health grounds

Ng had previously said that the villagers have no cause for concern, as she had looked into the matter three years ago.

The villagers said they have been afflicted by a range of ailments like skin irritation, headaches and breathing difficulties since the Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd began using cyanide in its operations.

They faced a setback in the legal process when their case was struck out on technical grounds, but have lodged an appeal .