SG KANDIS POLLS | Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak is incensed with DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang for allegedly equating Islam with kleptocracy should BN win the Sungai Kandis by-election.

This is in relation to a statement issued by Lim today on Najib's campaigning in the polls.

"I don't understand Lim's obsession until he has to issue a statement every day to attack me personally even when I'm not prime minister or Umno and BN chief.

"But, his statement today about me, where he equated Islam with kleptocracy if BN wins Sungai Kandis has crossed the line.

"I can't stop his obsession towards me, but Lim should not belittle my religion and make it campaign material," Najib said in a Facebook posting.

In his statement earlier today, the DAP lawmaker said the Sungai Kandis by-election would be a crucial test of whether Najib had "succeeded in equating Islam with kleptocracy in Malaysia."

The Iskandar Puteri MP did not explain what he meant by this, but said in the 14th general election, Najib and BN had relied on a strategy of demonising DAP and Pakatan Harapan as anti-Islam.

Lim claimed BN was employing the same strategy in Sungai Kandis, and now had support from Islamist party PAS.

He said the results of GE14 showed that the people, however, rejected Najib's "toxic politics".

"They do not want, in particular, to equate Malays and Islam with kleptocracy," he said.