Two DAP youth leaders have described as “harassment”, Abdul Rahman Dahlan's plan to find out if they had breached Section 29(4) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 (MACC Act).

The duo - Penang DAP councillors Satees Muniandy and David Marshall - were recently warned by the minister in the prime minister's department after they lodged a report with the MACC, about him allegedly abusing his power in a housing matter. 

"It is clear that the minister wants to use his ministerial powers to turn the table against us for lodging the report," Satees said in a statement. 

In the MACC report lodged on March 6, the duo had urged the commission to probe the alleged abuse of power by Rahman in granting a 12 months "extension of time" (EOT) to BHL Construction Sdn Bhd on two delayed housing projects, while he was the urban wellbeing, housing and local government minister in 2015. 

Rahman had then said the act by the two of holding a press conference after lodging the report was against Section 29(4) of the MACC Act that stipulates the contents of a report should be kept secret and not disclosed. 

The duo can be jailed for up to two years, or fined a maximum of RM10,000 if convicted. 

Satees argued that Rahman's case was "no longer a secret" as the matter was already in court.

It was reported that the Kuala Lumpur High Court recently ruled Rahman's decision to grant the EOT for the two projects was "invalid". 

Rahman had denied power abuse, saying the extension was well within his powers and said he would be appealing against the case, which affected 104 property buyers. 

In the statement, Satees said the MACC and police reports were lodged against the matter with the public's interest in mind. 

"We don't want the case to be swept under the carpet, and later be declared NFA (no further action) by the powers that be".

Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy also weighed in into the matter, asking why should Rahman be worried about the duo's report if he was really innocent. 

He said Rahman's controversial EOT was a "more serious breach of public trust". 

"It is far more serious than the public disclosure of the MACC report by the two DAP youth leaders," said the Prai assemblyperson.