Dr M being treated at IJN, trial of defamation suit against Zahid postponed

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The hearing of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s suit against Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi over alleged defamatory statements regarding the "kutty" issue has been postponed to July 19 as Dr Mahathir is unwell.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/cEFM1  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The hearing of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's defamation suit against Deputy Prime Minister

00:07 Datok Shri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been postponed to July 19.

00:13 The Kuala Lumpur High Court was informed by the 98-year-old former prime minister's lawyer

00:18 Myor Nor Haidir Suhaimi on Tuesday that he is receiving treatment at the National Heart

00:23 Institute, and his medical leave will be until Saturday as he is unwell.

00:28 Earlier, Zahid's defense team proposed the new date in October, but the judge shot it

00:33 down and fixed the hearing in July.

00:36 The court said they can adjust the dates for other cases to make way for the case as Mahathir

00:41 is possibly the oldest plaintiff in court.

00:43 The trial will take about four days.

00:46 In July last year, Mahathir filed a suit against Zahid for allegedly issuing defamatory statements

00:52 regarding the "Quti" issue in 2017.

00:55 Mahathir said the statements meant that he was not born as a Malay or Muslim with the

01:00 alleged name of Mahathir son of Iskandar Quti.

01:03 Zahid denied that the statements were malicious and slanderous.

01:07 The court ruled that Zahid's statements were not malicious and slanderous.

01:08 Mahathir's statements were not malicious and slanderous.

01:09 Mahathir's statements were not malicious and slanderous.

01:09 The court ruled that Zahid's statements were not malicious and slanderous.

01:10 The court ruled that Zahid's statements were not malicious and slanderous.

01:15 The court ruled that Zahid's statements were not malicious and slanderous.

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