On Dec 4, Najib Abdul Razak attended a gathering to protest the violence perpetrated on the Rohingya community at a stadium in Kuala Lumpur, which led to counter demonstrations being held in Myanmar against the Malaysian prime minister.

An editorial published in the online version of the Frontier Myanmar magazine today accused Najib of making the situation worse in the Rakhine state.

Titled “The hypocrisy of Najib Razak”, the article agreed with detractors who said his participation and hard-hitting speech at the gathering was meant to bolster his popularity.