Zahid’s contempt bid aimed at delaying libel trial, says Dr M

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The former prime minister says contempt proceedings are unnecessary as Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will get to testify when he takes the stand in May.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/06/zahids-contempt-bid-aimed-at-delaying-libel-trial-says-dr-m/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/06/prosiding-komital-zahid-demi-tangguh-perbicaraan-libel-kata-dr-m/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews  #DrMahathirMohamad #AhmadZahidHamidi  #LibelTrial

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00:00Former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad claims that the attempt by UMNO President

00:06Ahmad Zayed Hamadi to begin contempt proceedings against him was made with malicious intention

00:11to delay an ongoing defamation trial.

00:15Mahathir said his media interview after a court proceeding on December 5th was merely

00:19a repeat of what he had testified in the libel suit brought against Zahid in 2022.

00:24He argued that his statements did not show disrespect to the court or disrupt justice,

00:29and since the trial was not a jury trial, the sub judice rule did not apply.

00:34On January 7th, Judicial Commissioner Gant Tucheng granted Zahid leave to initiate contempt

00:39proceedings, but Mahathir dismissed Zahid's claim that his December 5th remarks posed

00:43a real and substantial danger of prejudice as baseless and speculative.

00:48Mahathir accused Zahid of abusing the court process to suppress his constitutional right

00:52to free speech and prevent him from acting as a check and balance on the government.

00:57The defamation case originates from a 2017 remark by Zahid at an UMNO meeting where

01:01he allegedly referred to Mahathir using the name Qutti, implying he was not born Malay

01:05or Muslim.

01:06Mahathir contends that Zahid's remark falsely suggested he used the name Mahathir Mohamad

01:11for political and personal gain, while Zahid claims the name was based on an old identity

01:16card record.

01:17Danish Raja Reza, FMT News.

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