Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the main star at Pakatan Harapan gatherings, is temporarily out of the ceramah circuit.

Mahathir had failed to show up at two ceramahs that would have required long distance travel from his home in Seri Kembangan, Selangor.

Explaining Mahathir's absence at a fundraiser dinner in Kluang, Johor tonight, DAP's Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong said Mahathir had been suffering from flu for a week now.

"He's been down with the flu for a week so they decided that it was best he did not come.

"He was also absent from the ceramah in Temerloh last night," Liew told Malaysiakini...