KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has claimed that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed him a big stack of recordsdata linked to his legal instances and asked for his assist to intervene in the court proceedings.
In his court doc filed on the High Court right here on April 26, Muhyiddin, 74, claimed that Ahmad Zahid, 69, who’s the plaintiff in a lawsuit, made the request after the Umno president attended a gathering held on the former premier’s home.
“After I used to be sworn in because the eighth Prime Minister, a gathering was held at my home to focus on, amongst different issues, the formation of a brand new Cabinet. Several people attended the assembly, together with the plaintiff, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali and Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang. When the assembly ended, the plaintiff requested to converse to me privately and I requested Azmin to be a part of the dialogue,” stated Muhyiddin
“During the dialogue, he confirmed me a big stack of recordsdata which he introduced alongside for the assembly. When I asked him why he introduced the recordsdata, he defined that the recordsdata have been in relation to the legal instances in opposition to him which he claimed have been politically motivated, he proclaimed his innocence and requested my assist,” he added.
The former prime minister stated this in his affidavit-in-reply in opposition to an injunction utility filed by Ahmad Zahid in his defamation swimsuit on allegations that he had sought the latter’s assist to settle or postpone his court instances.
Muhyiddin additional claimed that when he heard the plaintiff’s request, he instructed the latter that he couldn’t and wouldn’t intervene with the court proceedings and suggested the plaintiff to defend himself in court if he was really harmless.
He stated he had additionally been made to perceive by Abdul Hadi, that prior to the assembly at his home, the plaintiff had met him (Abdul Hadi) the place the plaintiff additionally confirmed him the stack of recordsdata whereas claiming his innocence.
“However, Abdul Hadi instructed the plaintiff that the aim of the assembly at my home was to focus on authorities affairs,” claimed Muhyiddin.
Muhyiddin contended that there was completely no cause for Ahmad Zahid to present him the recordsdata and make such a request except it was to search his intervention in the legal proceedings in opposition to him.
Muhyiddin additionally denied that the statements he made through the fifteenth Johor state election marketing campaign in Mersing on the compound of the Learning Centre Sentuhan Kasih Felda Tenggaroh 3 on Feb 16 have been false or defamatory in nature, or have been acknowledged with malicious intent.
Lawyer Shahrul Fazli Kamarulzaman, representing Ahmad Zahid, when contacted by Bernama confirmed that the inter-partes utility for an injunction by his shopper in his defamation swimsuit in opposition to Muhyiddin might be heard on May 25 earlier than High Court Judge Rozana Ali Yusoff through an internet continuing.
In the swimsuit filed final April 4, the Bagan Datuk MP is searching for an ex-parte injunction for Muhyiddin or his consultant to withdraw the defamatory statements or comparable defamatory statements in opposition to him.
He can be searching for an interim injunction for the defendant to delete, edit and cease the publication of a part of the video footage which contained the defamatory assertion in on-line information portals and the social media, together with on Perikatan Nasional’s Facebook web page, Astro AWANI’s YouTube channel and KiniTV.
According to the assertion of declare, Ahmad Zahid, 69, claimed that on Feb 16, through the fifteenth Johor state election marketing campaign path in Mersing, on the compound of the Learning Centre Sentuhan Kasih Felda Tenggaroh 3, Muhyiddin had made a defamatory assertion with ailing intention and malice in opposition to him and on the identical day, he stated, the video footage of the defamatory assertion was revealed on Astro Awani’s YouTube channel, which is managed by Astro Awani.
Ahmad Zahid claimed that Muhyiddin’s assertion implied that he had used a shortcut to settle and postpone his ongoing court instances, that he had asked for Muhyiddin’s assist to intervene in the court instances and the judiciary system, to order the dissolution of the Johor State Assembly and in addition implied that he was not a decent and exemplary chief.
Ahmad Zahid claimed that the allegations have been false and geared toward tarnishing his good title and status and that it was made by the defendant after the Election Commission’s announcement on the Johor state election.
Thus, he’s searching for normal, aggravated and exemplary damages, in addition to an order for Muhyiddin to publish a public apology in newspapers, and different reliefs and prices deemed match by the court. – Bernama
