KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 22 -- Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has urged calm following sharp criticism from top Umno leaders over a year-end Facebook post by DAP publicity secretary Yeo Bee Yin celebrating the High Court's rejection of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's bid for house arrest.

"Do not add fuel to the fire," Ahmad Zahid wrote in the post, which has garnered more than 4,500 likes and 2,900 comments.

Ahmad Zahid, who is also Umno president and deputy prime minister, did not elaborate further.

The controversy stems from Yeo's Facebook post linking to a news article titled "No house arrest for Najib", posted hours after the High Court ruled that the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong's addendum on ...