Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor claimed that the state’s Pakatan Harapan chairperson, Mahfuz Omar, wanted to ride on the former’s popularity by constantly creating issues about himself.

This was after Mahfuz demanded that Sanusi immediately pay him the RM120,000 compensation awarded in a defamation suit or risk having a bankruptcy notice filed against him.

“He wants to ride on my popularity...