Mahathir, Zahid settle dispute over 'Kutty' remark

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Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi have agreed to settle their dispute over the "Kutty" remark linked to Dr Mahathir's lineage.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mvpbpf3j  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The legal dispute between Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Sri

00:04Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi over the Kuti remark has been settled. Dr. Mahathir, who was a two-time

00:11prime minister, agreed to withdraw his defamation suit against Dr. Ahmad Zahid, who also withdrew

00:18his committal proceedings. The settlement was recorded before Judicial Commissioner

00:23Gan Tercheong in the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Tuesday. In July 2022, Dr. Mahathir filed the

00:32lawsuit against Dr. Ahmad Zahid as the sole defendant for allegedly making defamatory

00:38statements regarding the Kuti issue. He said Dr. Ahmad Zahid defamed him by referring to him as

00:45Mahathir's son of Iskandar Kuti during an UMNO divisional meeting in Kalana Jaya in 2017.

00:53The defendant denied that the statement was malicious and slanderous or harmed the plaintiff's

00:58reputation in the public eye. In January this year, the defendant was granted leave by the

01:03court to initiate contempt proceedings against the plaintiff relating to the lawsuit. The

01:09proceedings concerned a press conference by Dr. Mahathir in December last year where he

01:13showed documents after testifying in his lawsuit against Dr. Ahmad Zahid regarding the Kuti issue.

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