Declaring PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli's apology as "unacceptable", a pro-Barisan Nasional NGO wants CRT Insight Technologies director Florence Goh Siew Boey to persist with legal action for misidentifying her.

Gerakan Akar Umbi Umno chairperson Zulkarnain Mahdar said Rafizi's misidentification and earlier allegation that Siew Boey was involved with Godfrey Group Ltd - a firm purportedly responsible for appointing a United States lobbyist for Putrajaya - was "disgusting" and that the Pandan MP ought to be taught a lesson for this.

"Rafizi has clearly shown the culture of slanderous politics which is utterly disgraceful.

"Rafizi should resign as Pandan MP and PKR vice-president over the damage he has caused," said Zulkarnain in a statement.

The NGO leader said he will be meeting with Siew Boey to ask the latter to sue Rafizi and expressed his willingness to provide a team of lawyers if necessary.

Apologising for misidentifying Siew Boey, Rafizi yesterday said he accepted responsibility for his mistake.

His apology came after Siew Boey held a press conference yesterday, denying involvement in the lobbying scandal, and demanding an apology from the Pandan MP.

She insisted that she had no ties with Godfrey Group, nor was she the head of a Johor Baru NGO identified by Rafizi. She also denied engaging any US lobbyist.

Last Thursday, a US news portal claimed that Putrajaya had hired a former aide to US President Donald Trump, Healy Baumgardner-Nardone, to carry out lobbying activities.

Rafizi then claimed Baumgardner-Nardone was hired through Godfrey Group - whose director is named Florence Goh - based on US Department of Justice (DOJ) documents.

The DOJ filings, Rafizi said, showed that Godfrey Group had the same commercial address in Johor Baru as Siew Boey's CRT Insight Technologies.

However, Siew Boey said her office was located at 42, Jalan Molek 2/1, and not 42, Jalan Molek 2/3, as alleged by Rafizi.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Wee Ka Siong, who organised the press conference yesterday, furnished a Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) report showing that a different company is operating at 42, Jalan Molek 2/3 and that it does have a director named Florence Goh.