In a Facebook post earlier today, Subang MP R Sivarasa uploaded an image of Najib superimposed on the front cover of Time magazine, with a caption linking him to corruption.

“PM Najib Razak has made the headlines once again! For the wrong reason, sadly. This is a very serious title, rank, or even accusation directed towards him. Will he now ‘claim’ to sue Time magazine?” Sivarasa posted.

The posting garnered some 3,084 shares as of 12pm, with some of the politician’s colleagues from the Opposition, including Pakatan Harapan Chief Secretary Saifuddin Abdullah, tweeting the image and posting it on his Facebook page as well.

The image is noticeably fake with amateurish-looking graphics, grammatical errors and even an erroneous date printed on the “cover” (Time Magazine is published every Monday, which would make its latest edition March 21, and not March 22 as printed in the doctored image.)

The posting however prompted pro-BN blogger Lim Sian See to post his own rendition of the magazine cover, with Sivarasa’s image on it.

The headline on the retaliatory posting called Sivarasa a “Mangkuk” (idiot) and cautioned him against spreading fake covers.

“As a Member of Parliament, you must be responsible. YB must issue public apology on your page for being such a ‘mangkuk'” Lim posted on his Facebook page.

However, not everyone fell for the doctored magazine cover with many criticising Sivarasa for his bad taste.

“Why on Earth would you share something like this in this manner?” netizen Farouk Zahir asked.

Facebook user Liew Chee Khoi pointed out that the March 22 edition “doesn’t even exist” while another user, Suhazli Rahim called for a screenshot of the post to be taken and a police report lodged.