Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin may have positioned himself as a man committed to stopping the return of "corrupt" BN leaders but his ex-mentor Dr Mahathir Mohamad has made an opposite argument - Muhyiddin is the very person responsible for their resurgence.

Parrying Mahathir's accusation, Muhyiddin said his ouster as the prime minister last year was proof of his commitment as he refused to cooperate with the "court cluster".

Muhyiddin had said leaders like...