The Kuala Lumpur High Court today dismissed Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s application to obtain an interim injunction against Dr Mahathir Mohamad pending the disposal of his lawsuit against the former premier.

The former premier’s lawyers Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi and Rafique Rashid Ali said in a statement that judge Rozana Ali Yusoff ruled this was not the stage for any parties to argue the merits of the case.

The court decided that Zahid, the plaintiff, would have...