He said the measures in the capital had undergone audit procedures and that some of them had been completed while others were under way.

“But if you want to ask in writing or take legal action then we have to answer according to the law, this involves an audit, where the Auditor-General will query and so on.

“If they still want to sue because they want publicity, then it is their right, if they want an explanation, they can come and see me tomorrow or even tonight,” he told reporters after an event.

A lawyer and several Kuala Lumpur residents have said they would file a suit to obtain detailed information on flood mitigation measures in the city, following disclosures in the Auditor-General’s Report 2021.

Shahidan said his ministry was collaborating with the drainage and irrigation department (DID) to conduct detailed control measures in more than 30 ‘hotspots’ around the city to ensure that flash floods do not occur, especially in the coming monsoon season.

He said that his ministry and the DID were preparing for the possibility of an extraordinary rainfall situation.