Dr M: Nobody ever called me ‘Mahathir Iskandar Kutty’, defamation suit to teach Zahid a lesson for allegedly lying
Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today claimed that Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had lied about his alleged birth name.
(MMO) – Dr Mahathir, who will be turning 99 this December, said there is no such identification card that uses “Mahathir a/l Iskandar Kutty” to refer to him.
“Throughout the time from when I was born, until I went to university, until I passed to be a doctor, never has there been anyone who called my name as ‘Mahathir anak lelaki Iskandar Kutty’.
“It is not written anywhere at all, until Zahid made the statement that purportedly he has a blue identification card with the name ‘Mahathir anak lelaki Iskandar Kutty’. This is the lie made by Zahid Hamidi,” he said in a steady voice in the High Court here when replying to questions from his lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali.
Shown a video clip lasting about two minutes 41 seconds of Zahid’s alleged defamatory speech on July 30, 2017, Dr Mahathir told Rafique that Zahid had purportedly tried to show the alleged blue identity card with the name “Mahathir anak lelaki Iskandar Kutty” during an Umno Kelana Jaya division meeting.
But Dr Mahathir said that Zahid had merely shown his handphone, and it was unclear what was on that phone screen.
