00:00Two videos of a press conference were played in the KL High Court on Wednesday
00:04in connection with contempt of court proceedings filed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
00:12against former Prime Minister Thun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
00:17The proceedings are related to Dr. Mahathir's actions in holding a press conference on December 5 last year at the court lobby.
00:24During the briefing, he displayed several copies of documents, including his identity card,
00:30after giving his testimony in his lawsuit against the UMNO president regarding the Kuti issue.
00:36The videos, published by two online news portals, were played before Judicial Commissioner Gan Taichyong.
00:42Following the screening, the judge set May 14 for Dr. Mahathir's counsel to take further instruction from his client,
00:49noting that a committal proceeding is a serious allegation.
00:52On January 7, Ahmad Zahid was granted leave by the High Court to commence contempt proceedings against Dr. Mahathir.
01:00Dr. Mahathir hit back, saying that it was done with bad intention.
01:04In an affidavit he filed on February 3, the non-adgenarian said the committal action was ill-intentioned
01:10to put pressure on him and to give negative perception to the public
01:14that Ahmad Zahid had supposedly proved his case against Dr. Mahathir.
01:19Ahmad Zahid has yet to testify nor been cross-examined by Dr. Mahathir's lawyers.
01:24Dr. Mahathir hit back, saying that it was Holly Jackson.
01:33Dr. Mahathir hit back, saying that it was a great deal of advice for Dr. Mahathir.
01:37Dr. Mahathir was
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