A police report was filed against Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) director-general Zulkipli Mat Noor for allegedly failing to investigate a complaint lodged with his department.

The complaint against Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) and the Batu Caves temple management concerned the 'missing funds' allocated to build a Hindu cultural, arts and history centre in Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur.

The police report was filed by Police Watch and Human Rights Committee secretary S Manickavasagam with the Brickfields police headquarters today.

Referring to a police report filed on Feb 7, 2005 and the ACA complaint lodged on Feb 18 of the same year, Manickavasagam said:

"I had questioned the initial payment of RM5 million from the state government to MPS and the Batu Caves temple management (to build the centre).

In a News Straits Times (NST) report on Feb 6, 2004, Mohd Khir said the state government will set up the centre on a 10 hectare site.

Speaking at the Thaipusam festival, the menteri besar had said that work on the centre will commence by the end of the year.

The centre will house a museum of Indian history and provide venues for the development of performing arts, handicraft and fine arts, he added.

The same report also quoted MIC president S Samy Vellu as saying that the party will build a cultural auditorium at the centre as its contribution to the Indian community.

Also present at the Thaipusam festival that year was then Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir.

He proposed that the centre be privatised to ensure continuity.

Second report

Meanwhile, Manicakavsagam also lodged another police report today against the Batu Caves temple management, Selayang police chief and the MPS president.

In the second report, he accused the temple management of using 'unscrupulous' methods of collecting millions of ringgit from the devotees and traders during Thaipusam.

He took the Selayang police chief and MPS president to task for allegedly not acting against those who collect up to RM50 from those who park their vehicles in public parking lots.

"They use threats and violent means such as smashing windscreens and puncturing tires if the vehicle owners refuse to pay," he claimed.

He also alleged that there were irregularities in the application to MPS to set up stalls during the festival.