KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has abused the court process by suing Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for defamation twice for calling him a homosexual, the former prime minister said in his defence.
Dr Mahathir said a similar suit filed against him on Jan 25, 1999, by Anwar over the same allegation had been struck out by the High Court in August 1999 on the grounds that the former was justified in making those comments as well as protected by qualified privilege.
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