Fact check: Did Dr M ask Zahid to dissolve Umno?

FACT CHECK | On June 28, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi testified in court that he was asked by former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad to dissolve Umno when the two met in June 2018 - a month after Pakatan Harapan won power.

Zahid told the court this during the defence stage of his trial for criminal breach of trust, money laundering and corruption.

The former deputy prime minister was making a case that the charges against him were politically motivated.

Following this, Mahathir suggested Zahid should prove his ‘dissolve Umno’ claims.

This instalment of Fact Check will look at some of the statements made by the duo back in 2018 concerning Umno and if Mahathir had asked Zahid to dissolve the oldest...