Bintulu Member of Parliament, Dato' Seri Tiong King Sing said the people should not leave their reputation to be degraded to the lowest point by accepting money in returns to voting for the political aspirants resorting to such tactic.

"Think about your family and put the faces of your children in your mind before you make your decision," he told reporters after holding a dialogue session at Rh Suring, Ulu Sebauh on Tuesday evening.

Tiong claimed that he heard certain individuals had been going around promising between RM100 to RM300 to each electorate who agreed to vote for certain political aspirants in the upcoming general elections.

Urging the constituents not to allow the value of their self-pride to be traded at this time around, he said that the Barisan Nasional would not tolerate actions by anyone into duping the people at large through such tactics.

"I also hope that the authority concerned would not allow money politics to be rampantly occuring in our community. They should check and if there is enough evidence, the must take action against those responsible," he added.

On the issues of village roads yet to be completed, Tiong also expressed his regret with the lacklustre attitude of a consultant appointed by the Rural Development towards getting the jobs done.

While he had to endure the strong voice of disappointments from the affected rural people, he said the consultant had been fabricating excuses to explain the delay of the projects, which he felt was unacceptable.

"When I check to find what caused the delay, they (the consultant) told me that they had to conduct soil test first before they could implement the project.  Do we need such a test when there is not even a single 100 tonne lorry passing the village road?

If the consultant could not provide instant service or could not improve their service, they could not do the service at all and I will not hesitate to recommend to the Ministry for the service of this consultant to be terminated," he added.

He believed that the Government would not allow consultants, who were more keen on grabbing as much contracts as possible to increase their profits, to be involved in any public projects.

"If the consultant is responsible enough, they would have to sincerely tell me as an elected representative or the government about their problems so that amicable solution can be made to avoid the people from suffering due to project delays," he pointed out.

Earlier in his speech at the dialogue session, he also urged rural people staking land claims to be sincere in their demand and to be cooperative with the government agencies entrusted to attend to them.

"When the time come for them to present their case to the government, they should prepare themselves with the necessary evidences that include endorsements from their respective community leaders," he added.

While urging the people to put a stop into harping the land issues, he said that the Land and Survey Department had assured to him their willingness to solve the problems once and for all, provided the people involved would give their full cooperation.