Dr M admitted to IJN, libel trial postponed

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The former prime minister’s lawyer informs the court that his client was warded at the National Heart Institute last evening for a lung infection.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/16/dr-m-admitted-to-ijn-libel-trial-postponed/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #DrMahathirMohamad #IJN

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00:00Dr. Mahathir Mohamed's defamation trial against Ahmed Zahid Hamidi has been postponed

00:07to October 29th due to Mahathir's admission to the National Heart Institute for a lung

00:12infection.

00:13Mahathir's lawyer, Mior Nurhaider Sohaimi, informed the court that his client will be

00:18on medical leave until October 25th.

00:22Since Monday, Mahathir had been on the witness stand, undergoing cross-examination by Zahid's

00:27lawyer, Shahrukh Fazli Qamaruzman.

00:31The trial, originally scheduled for this week, has been rescheduled with additional hearing

00:35dates set for late October and three days in December.

00:39Mahathir's son, Mukriz, will be the second witness for the plaintiff.

00:44Mahathir is suing Zahid for the alleged use of the name Quti, which the former prime minister

00:48said was intended as a derogatory reference to imply that he was not born a Malay or Muslim.

00:55Dhanesh Rajareza, FMT News.

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