Former BN strategic communications deputy director Eric See-To took a cheeky swipe at Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s “extraordinary tribute” announcement by linking it to a catchphrase famously associated with his jailed predecessor, Najib Abdul Razak.

In a social media post, See-To noted that today also marks Najib’s birthday and remarked that Anwar’s “RM100 cash handout proves what was once ridiculed - that ‘cash is king’”.

He was responding to the prime minister’s announcement this morning that...