A MCA division leader has called for action against one of his counterparts who has been alleged to be involved in a citizenship scam.

"If it is true that a person is involved in this despicable scam, and is an MCA member and using MCA’s name for the wrong reasons, both criminal action and party disciplinary action must be taken against him," Petaling Jaya Utara MCA chief Tan Gim Tuan said in a statement yesterday.

He was responding to a police report was lodged against a MCA division leader for alleged fraud over the sum of RM165,000.