Former DAP vice-chairperson Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim today failed to strike out a defamation suit filed by former Kedah menteri besar Mukhriz Mahathir over an allegation of a secret pact between his father Dr Mahathir Mohamad and DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang.

This came after Justice Nordin Hassan of the High Court in Kuala Lumpur ruled that a defamation suit should proceed to a full trial if the court deems the defendant's claim had lowered and adversely affected the plaintiff, and can be considered defamatory.

“This evidence should be presented in a trial. There are serious issues to be tried,” the judge added...