In taking a dig at the PAS-led state, Lim said the loan — which was approved last month — was to ensure the civil servants in Kelantan were not mistreated because of the state government’s weak administration.

“The welfare of the rakyat is important. It will be a big problem if it is not taken care of,” he told reporters after officiating the Selangor DAP convention at the Petaling Jaya Civic Centre today.

Last year, Lim told the Dewan Rakyat that Kelantan had no money to pay its civil servants, including part-time workers, and “other bills”.

He said the east coast state had requested a RM97 million loan from the federal government, but the finance ministry approved only RM22.5 million.

Up till the end of 2017, he said, the state government owed the federal government RM388 million, making it the biggest debtor among all states.

Earlier, addressing the convention, Lim said Malaysia would be destroyed if a certain political party was to govern the country.

Without naming the party, the DAP secretary-general said if that happened, civil servants would not receive their salaries as Malaysia would then be run by a group of leaders who did not know how to administer the country.

“They have proved that they are unable to manage the state government properly, to the extent that they can’t pay salaries and have to seek help from the federal government.

“If they get to govern the country, we are finished,” he told about 350 party members.