00:00Dr Mahathir Mohamad denied AMNO President Ahmad Zayed Hamidi's allegation that the former
00:08Prime Minister had attempted to have the party banned.
00:12In a statement, the former Prime Minister's office said the claim by Zayed was completely
00:17untrue.
00:19It said Mahathir could have instructed the Home Minister to deregister AMNO, but the
00:24party continued to exist for the two years that he was Prime Minister.
00:29Mahathir's office said he only told Zayed to dissolve the party as it no longer stood
00:34for the Malays or its founding principles, and because its leaders were linked to corruption.
00:40Previously, Zayed openly admitted to being the mastermind behind Mahathir stepping down
00:46as Prime Minister.
00:48Zayed said he did what he needed to do to save AMNO from being deregistered as a political
00:54party.
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