'I am a Malay Muslim', Dr M tells court

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Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (Aug 26) that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had lied to the public when he called the former premier "Mahathir anak lelaki Iskandar Kutty".  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3asv3pmv  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad

00:08Zahid Hamidi lied to the public when he called the former Premier Mahathir Anak Lelaki Iskandar

00:14Kuti.

00:15Dr Mahathir, who was testifying in a lawsuit he initiated against the Deputy Prime Minister

00:21for alleged defamation, said there was no such identification card or IC that referred

00:26to him by that name from the time he was born until he graduated from university.

00:32In his witness statement, the non-Ajenen said his birth name was Mahathir bin Mohamad and

00:38that he was born a Malay Muslim, evident through his IC and birth certificate.

00:44He added that his father hailed from Penang and was a Malay, whereby his ancestors had

00:49roots from Kerala in southern India, while his mother hailed from Kedah and was pure

00:54Malay.

00:55Dr Mahathir, who celebrated his 99th birthday last month, addressed members of the press

01:00during the lunch break.

01:25Dr Mahathir filed the lawsuit against Ahmad Zahid as the sole defendant in July last year

01:46for allegedly issuing defamatory statements regarding the Kuti issue during an UMNO divisional

01:52meeting in Kelana, Jaya on July 30, 2017.

01:57The first day of the trial was presided over by Judicial Commissioner Gan Taichung.

02:02Previously, the proceedings were postponed several times after Dr Mahathir fell ill and

02:08was admitted to the National Heart Institute for Respiratory Issues.

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