During the campaign period for the May 9 general election, images depicting enforcement officers cutting out Dr Mahathir Mohamad's face from a DAP banner went viral on social media and created a huge impact.

Critics and the then opposition, who had long accused the Election Commission of being partisan to the BN government, blamed former premier Najib Abdul Razak for the incident.

In a recent exclusive interview with Malaysiakini, Najib denied that he had instructed the EC to do so or interfere in its proceedings.

The former premier quipped that if he had a hand in the electoral process, BN would not have been defeated in the polls.