Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli reminded Khazanah National Bhd to tread carefully or risk being a public enemy for spearheading the Taman Tugu project.

He said as a sovereign fund, Khazanah must be transparent on the RM650 million project said to turn the area around the national monument into Kuala Lumpur's Central Park.

Otherwise, Rafizi said, Khazanah could be likened to embattled public investment firm 1MDB.

"They must be honest about who is running it, whose idea it is and why. They must defend the Khazanah brand, as this is our sovereign fund.

"Khazanah safeguards the people's interest, and reinvests in the rakyat. If 1MDB folds up and Khazanah's brand is affected by public anger thus marring its reputation, it will have poor repercussions on the sole investment fund we have," he said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

As such, Rafizi said he will assist Khazanah by running an opinion survey on the project.

"I will attend the briefing by Khazanah and the authorities after receiving public feedback on the issue. It will be something that could help Khazanah gauge the project's impact on its brand," he said.

The PKR vice-president is also calling on quantity surveyors and engineers to lend help evaluate the project cost.

Quantity surveyors and engineers can join the campaign at the page bitly.com/qsrakyat or find more information via the social media hashtag #QS_Rakyat, he said.

Stakeholders can give their opinion on the project at bitly.com/surveytamantugu and follow the campaign through the social media hashtag #surveytamantugu.

Rafizi said both campaigns will run until this Friday.

"I encourage the rakyat to join the campaign if they are serious about public spending wastage," he said.