A Malacca Bersatu leader has deleted a social media post featuring an image of a box of condoms that targeted PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden, suggesting that his father should have used contraception.

Hishamuddin Abdul Karim, who is the state Bersatu information chief, removed the post after courting fierce backlash and threats of legal action from Afnan.

“This decision was made after...