"Ahmad Zahid's 'Kutty' statement affected my popularity," Dr Mahathir says

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In what appears to be a tit for tat, the Kuala Lumpur High Court was told that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad filed a lawsuit against Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after the latter sued him first.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4ks8vzfa  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In what appears to be a tit-for-tat, the KL High Court was told on Monday that Tun Dr Mahathir

00:08Mohamad filed a lawsuit against Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

00:14after the latter sued him first.

00:17The former Prime Minister, however, asserted that it was his right to take legal action,

00:22claiming his reputation and popularity were adversely affected by Ahmad Zahid's cootie

00:27remarks in 2017.

00:29The defendant's lawyer Mohamad Shahrul Fazli Qamarul Zaman was questioning Dr Mahathir

00:34about the delay in his legal action, which he initiated in July 2022, some four years

00:41after the incident.

00:43The former Langkawi MP said he has a lot of things to do and handle a lot of other businesses,

00:49but along the way, he realised what Ahmad Zahid said was believed by some people.

00:55Dr Mahathir also described the UMNO President's comments as a personal insult.

01:00Mohamad Shahrul then suggested that Dr Mahathir's legal action was purely an afterthought after

01:06he was no longer in power.

01:09In response, Dr Mahathir's lawyer Mior Nor Haider Suhaimi told the court that individuals

01:14have six years to initiate legal action.

01:17The hearing continues before Judicial Commissioner Gan Tekyong on Wednesday.

01:24For Live UN Video visit www.un.org

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