KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 -- Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has criticised Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming over a Facebook post using her image ahead of the Johor state election on July 11.

In a statement issued today, the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said she "strongly condemn[ed]" what she called "cheap election propaganda" bearing her likeness.

"He is a federal minister. He should behave like one, not spread false and misleading material like a desperate party cybertrooper," she said.

The dispute centres on a poster Nga shared on Facebook, captioned "Wow!", aimed at voters returning to Johor to cast their ballots in the state polls. The graphic, which carried Rosmah's image alongside the words "IF YOU...