PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli alleged today that the Barisan Nasional benefited from RM2 million in taxpayers' money to fund its 13th general election campaign.

Speaking at a press conference at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Rafizi claimed that the Finance Ministry had in 2013 approved the amount as a "donation grant" to a BN-friendly Indian-based association.

“Now we have evidence that part of BN’s campaign was funded with money from taxpayers.

“(This case) has a much larger legal repercussion because the RM2 million comes from the people's funds,” he claimed.

This information, Rafizi added, was based on a letter from the Treasury Department, dated April 23, 2013, that was sent to the president of the association.

Malaysiakini has contacted BN secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor for response to the allegations.

More to be revealed later this week

Rafizi revealed the contents of the letter at the press conference, along with minutes of the association’s meeting dated May 11, 2013, where it was stated that the president had allegedly admitted to obtaining a donation of RM2.5 million for election purposes.

Asked about the RM500,000 discrepancy in the amount, Rafizi said he could only infer that there were other sources of funding for the association.

He also claimed to have in his possession invoices that detailed how the RM2 million was spent to support the BN's GE13 campaign - which he said would be revealed at separate press conferences this week.

"I want to focus on public funds.

"We can ascertain so far that the figure (on the alleged invoices) matches the expenditures which we will reveal at a later date," Rafizi said.

Malaysiakini is withholding the name of the association pending an official response.