But if they want to make jokes, they should direct them at him and his cabinet instead, he said.

He said he had heard stories of a lot of people “laughing” at the suffering of Penangites in last weekend’s historic floods and was disturbed by the behaviour.

“I know there is a lot of bashing from opposing parties. They are laughing and poking fun at our musibah (disaster).

“Let me tell them that they will face their religion (on the day of judgement).

“I tell these people…laugh at me, ejek (make fun) of me. I can take it, I will not retaliate. But do not laugh at those suffering in this disaster.

“If you want, you can laugh at us (Penang leaders), but please help the people of Penang,” he said in a press conference today.

When asked if his comments were directed at PAS, Lim said he was just directing the message to the “BN newspapers”.

Many unsolicited messages have been going around on social media condemning Penangites for slamming the Kelantan government for its “ill-handling” of the 2014 flash floods that hit the east coast.

Over half of Penang was submerged in flood waters following hours of torrential rain that killed seven people over the weekend. More than 6,000 people were evacuated from their homes.

At the time of writing, all flood relief centres on the island had been closed since yesterday evening, while some 2,000 evacuees remained in North Seberang Perai district and over 350 evacuees in Central Seberang Perai.