Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today retracted  in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur a defamatory statement he made in 2011, in which he implied Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua to be a criminal.

Zahid read out an open statement in court and Pua agreed to withdraw his suit against the minister and Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia , which published the Zahid’s statement.