A meeting at Mahathir's house on the afternoon of Feb 23 has become a point of interest after a photo of it emerged on social media yesterday.

The photo (above) shows Mahathir sitting with Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, GPS chief Abang Johari Openg and chief whip Fadillah Yusof, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin, Warisan president Shafie Apdal, then PKR deputy president Azmin Ali and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Perikatan Nasional supporters claimed this is proof that the former prime minister was in support of pulling Bersatu out of Pakatan Harapan to form a new coalition government.

Bersatu supreme council member Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi (photo), however, said this meeting was arranged by Muhyiddin after failing to convince Mahathir to exit Harapan at a party meeting earlier.