An invitation has been extended to Najib Abdul Razak to attend the “Save Malaysia” roundtable conference next week, which Lim Kit Siang said would provide the prime minister with a chance for a fresh start.

"What better forum for Najib and his cabinet to make a fresh start to cleanse and purge Malaysia of the infamy and ignominy of being regarded worldwide as a global kleptocracy than the 'Save Malaysia' roundtable," he added in a blog posting.

The DAP veteran said the roundtable secretary Liew Chin Tong, who is DAP's Kluang MP, had sent an invitation to the conference to Najib, as well as to other political and civil society leaders.

At the Feb 7 conference, Lim said the prime minister can propose his strategy to liberate Malaysia from its purported reputation as a "global kleptocracy".

He said it also provided Najib a chance to listen to political and civil society leaders on the best way to stop the country from heading towards becoming a global kleptocracy and a failed state.