The Local Government and Urban Well-being Ministry (KPKT) has scrapped approvals for local government projects in parliamentary constituencies where BN lost.

This is according to a letter issued by Local Government Department director general Abu Bakar Johar, dated March 17.

The directive applies for all BP 1 projects, which according to the KPKT website, refers to small scale infrastructure projects at the local council level.

Abu Bakar said the decision was made in a meeting on March 9 to "streamline allocations for BP 1 projects" for the year 2017, attended by KPKT minister Noh Omar and all mayors and heads of local governments in Malaysia...