Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's wife Rosmah Mansor has again found herself caught in the international limelight for the wrong reasons.

This time, news of her RM1,200 hairdo has been picked up  by international news portals.

An Agence France-Presse (AFP) report was republished by British tabloid The Daily Mail , Singapore-based The Straits Times and Hong Kong's South China Morning Post .

The article said Rosmah - who is "widely mocked over reports of her taste for luxury" - had handed her critics new fuel with her laments made on Monday, quoting the social media comments of several Malaysians.

Asian Correspondent and Singapore’s Today Online also reported on how her remarks have landed her in hot water.

Rosmah - in a briefing on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) with the Welfare Association of the Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) - had complained that hairdressers were overcharging because they provided services in the comfort of their clients’ homes.

She noted that her hairdresser had charged her RM1,200 when she dyed her hair at home.

The revelation on the whopping amount of her hairdo found Rosmah being ridiculed by the masses and politicians alike.

Her penchant for luxury, nonetheless, is not news for Malaysians.

The New York Times ran a report earlier this month detailing purchases of high-end US real estate by people close to Najib, and said it had also obtained documents showing millions of dollars worth of jewellery purchases by Rosmah.