Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan blamed poor signage at Bersih headquarters as the reason his officers sent a clean-up bill to the wrong place .

The bill was by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for the clean-up costs of the Bersih 4 protest on August 29 and 30.

"When they (officers) visited the house with number 13, they did not see any signboard," he told journalists when asked about the matter in Kuala Lumpur today.

Abdul Rahman had yesterday uploaded a photograph on Twitter of a dilapidated house, claiming that his officers failed to deliver the bill as the house was "locked and unattended".

He also remarked how the house was not " bersih " (clean).

His remarks immediately attracted ridicule from Bersih activists who pointed out that his officers had gone to the house next door to Bersih's headquarters in a residential area in Petaling Jaya.

And this is the office of Bersih which doesn't look like "bersih" at all. pic.twitter.com/1VXWKXVaIZ

— Abdul Rahman Dahlan (@mpkotabelud) September 4, 2015

Abdul Rahman today downplayed the boo-boo, stating that his officers went to the right address but had merely mistakenly photographed the house next door.

"An NGO that considers itself renowned in Malaysia should put up a big signage so that people are aware," he said.

Abdul Rahman promised that the RM65,000 bill will eventually be delivered to Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah.

Maria earlier said it will not pay a sen and will challenge the bill in court.

Bersih recruited dozens of volunteers who cleaned up the protest site over the two days and collected bags of rubbish which they sorted for recycling during and after the 34-hour rally.

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