Muhyiddin denies defaming Zahid
Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin is so far resisting attempts by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to have him retract statements he made during the campaign for the Johor elections. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 11, 2022.
FORMER prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has defended statements he made about former deputy minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi asking for his help to intervene in corruption trials, saying Zahid’s requests were true and not defamatory. Muhyiddin, 74, in his statement of defence filed on May 9, said the statements he made during the Johor elections in Mersing at the compound of the Sentuhan Kasih Felda Tenggaroh Learning Centre 3 on February 16 were mostly justified as true and fair comments, as well in the public interest.
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