Gerakan has slammed Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming’s announcement of RM18 million in funding for various projects in South Seberang Perai, Penang, under the Sentuhan Kasih programme, ahead of the Sungai Bakap by-election.

Its president Dominic Lau said Nga’s announcement can be construed as an attempt to buy votes under the pretext of carrying out responsibility and is an act to impose undue influence on the constituency’s voters before the July 6 polls.

Lau also slammed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim...