In a Facebook post today, Azis said he had received many complaints of damaged roads in his area, adding that viral videos also claimed that the potholes had led to accidents.

Moved to action, the MP from Warisan bought equipment for his team of volunteers and they started to patch up the potholes. Various posts by Azis showed them at work under the afternoon sun until after midnight.

Azis maintained that this was a job meant for the ruling government, not an MP, adding that he had raised the matter in the Dewan Rakyat several times to no avail.

“They (the government) control all the allocations. None of it is channelled to me. But I understand that the state government might not have received sufficient funds from Putrajaya,” he said.

“Therefore, I took the initiative to act using my own funds and machinery.”

He thanked his volunteers and contributors for assisting in his endeavour.

He also said he was not doing this to win over voters, and that the people in his constituency knew he was always present in Sepanggar even when elections were not around the corner.