Cape Town - African National Congress Chief Whip Tony Yengeni has once again denied that he failed to diclose key assets, including a luxury vehicle and a residential property in Tijgerhof, Cape Town, in Parliament's register of members' interests.

His denial was tabled at a meeting of Parliament's ethics committee on Tuesday.

The ethics committee opened its proceedings to the public and media after satisfying itself that a report by the Registrar of Members' Interests, Fazela Mohamed, did not contravene any confidential sections of the register.

During Tuesday's proceedings before the ethics committee, Yengeni questioned whether correct procedures had been followed.

He repeated an earlier special statement to Parliament in which he said that he had legitimately acquired a Mercedes Benz 4x4 luxury vehicle, and that he had disclosed a residential property in the Cape Town suburb of Tijgerhof.

Yengeni previously failed to meet two deadlines set by the ethics committee to reply to the allegations and instead also questioned the committee's procedures.

He was then granted a third opportunity to respond, which he did last month.

Yengeni's written reply had, on the orders of committee chair Sister Bernard Ncube, remained "strictly embargoed" until Tuesday's committee meeting.

DA Chief Whip Douglas Gibson lodged an official complaint with the committee on April 6, following newspaper claims that Yengeni received a luxury vehicle as a "gift" from a company involved in the controversial R43-billion arms deal.

In statements before Parliament and to the media, Yengeni earlier denied any wrongdoing, saying he had acquired the Mercedes-Benz 4x4 vehicle legitimately. 

With acknowledgment to Sapa and News24.