00:00 The lawsuit filed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad against Zahid Hamidi
00:06 in connection with the name Kuti,
00:08 which was postponed today after the former Prime Minister
00:12 was admitted to the National Heart Institute for treatment.
00:16 Judge Mahathir Myo No Haider Suhaimi
00:19 informed the judge's lawyer, Gan Tee Cheong,
00:23 that IGN sent a letter to the court
00:26 to inform the unwell judge's son to attend the hearing.
00:31 Mahathir, 98 years old, received treatment at IGN on January 26.
00:37 In his statement, Mahathir claimed that Zahid slandered him
00:42 during the UNO meeting at Klan Najaya on July 30, 2017.
00:47 Mahathir claimed the crime was intended to imagine
00:50 that he was not born a Malay or Muslim
00:53 and his original name was claimed as Mahathir Anak Lelaki Iskandar Kuti.
00:58 In his defense statement, Zahid said the name Mahathir Anak Lelaki Iskandar Kuti
01:04 refers to an individual based on information from an old connection,
01:08 a card of acquaintance.
01:10 Zarul Alam Rias Syahir, Berita FMT.