Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin claimed that the statements he made regarding Ahmad Zahid Hamidi asking for his help to intervene in the former deputy prime minister's court cases were true and not defamatory.

Muhyiddin, 74, in his statement of defence filed on May 9, claimed that the statements he made during the Johor polls campaign in Mersing at the compound of the Sentuhan Kasih Felda Tenggaroh Learning Centre 3 on Feb 16 were mostly justified, as they were true and fair comments as well as of public interest...