Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has filed a defamation suit against former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
This is over Mahathir's claim that Zahid had met him to try and get on his good side as the latter anticipated he would be facing criminal charges.
This reportedly occurred before Mahathir took office in 2018 when he said it was clear he would become prime minister.
Mahathir made the remarks during a press conference in Putrajaya on Feb 23. He was responding to a question on whether Zahid had met him while he was prime minister to discuss the latter's corruption court cases.
