Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad has denied allegations of abuse of power linked to an Amanah function held at a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) premise yesterday.

Contrary to claims that his party had held its function at a DBKL hall for free, Khalid said the premise had been rented by the Federal Territories division of Amanah.

"The DBKL hall was rented. That's normal. There are many DBKL halls available for rent," Khalid, who is also Amanah communications director, told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

"Yesterday, the hall was rented by Amanah Federal Territories (for a function) to launch its new office.

"The office space is small. We (Amanah) don't have a big hall so we had to rent elsewhere," said Khalid in response to former Federal Territories Umno Youth chief Mohd Razlan Rafii.

"We rented it, we did not use it for free. That is Umno's culture, not ours," he added.

Razlan, in a tweet last night, urged authorities including the MACC to investigate Amanah's alleged abuse of government facilities.

He also reminded Harapan to not draw comparisons with BN, as Harapan had made a promise to end such practices if it formed the government.