Despite GE14 win, Dr Mahathir insist Zahid’s ‘anak Kutty’ remarks cost him Malay votes

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Ex-prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he sued Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for defamation as the public likely believed his claim in 2017 that...

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Testifying as the first witness for his defamation lawsuit against Ahmad Zahid at the High Court here, Dr Mahathir said there was no evidence he was born as “Mahathir s/o Iskandar Kutty”. Ahmad Zahid’s lawyer Mohamed Shahrul Fazli Kamarulzaman then asked Dr Mahathir how the latter knew the claim affected Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s performance in GE14, when the party won just 13 out of 52 federal seats it contested.

When the lawyer asked why it took Dr Mahathir another five years after GE14 to sue, calling it “extreme lateness”, Dr Mahathir said he was busy being the prime minister from May 2018 to February 2020.

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