Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has roped in former premier Najib Abdul Razak to defend his remark in the Dewan Rakyat earlier which incensed Kelantan lawmakers.

The MPs had demanded that Lim retract his statement that the Kelantan government failed to pay the salaries of its civil servants.

Speaking to reporters later, the minister said Najib had also raised the issue on the grounds that the state government would not be able to pay the salaries without financial injection from Putrajaya...