Malaysiakini has found itself an unlikely defender from Utusan Malaysia - the Malay daily's own former chief editor Zainuddin Maidin.

Zainuddin took to Twitter this morning to say that Utusan Malaysia was pushing for action to be taken against Malaysiakini because its readers are increasingly flocking to the news portal.

“Utusan is again pushing for action against Malaysiakini. This is because they can't stand that many of their readers are turning to Malaysiakini to get balanced information,” the former information minister wrote.

Zainuddin was responding to an article in Utusan Malaysia yesterday, that again saw demands for action to be taken against Malaysiakini...