Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim conceded that he has no evidence of an alleged secret pact between Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Lim Kit Siang.

The 84-year-old former DAP vice-chairperson said this during cross-examination by Mukhriz Mahathir's lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla at the Kuala Lumpur High Court this afternoon.

Responding to a question, Tunku Aziz said he made two statements in English which were published on Dec 30, 2016, and Jan 3, 2017, and agreed that some of the words, when translated into the Malay language, were not accurate.

Haniff had put it to the former Transparency International Malaysian chapter president that he did not possess evidence of a secret pact when he called on Mukhriz to make a statutory declaration that he does not want to be prime minister.

"I agree," replied Tunku Aziz.

The High Court is hearing a defamation suit filed by Mukhriz against Tunku Aziz for claiming there was a secret pact between Mahathir and Lim to make Mukhriz prime minister.

It was reported on Tuesday that Tunku Aziz in answering questions from his lawyer Jahaberdeen Yunos said that he was basing his opinion on what he gathered from the media and also from his sources.

He denied any intention of defaming Mukhriz and reaffirmed today that there was no malicious intent when he wrote the two articles.

Questioned further by Haniff (above) today, Tunku Aziz denied he was taking sides when shown of a report quoting his response to the US Department of Justice action where he said the allegations against Najib were “vindictive, reckless” and that the prime minister had the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty.

Tunku Aziz also agreed to a report that Najib was a leader that one could rely on in any crisis and in relation to dealing with threats from the Islamic State.

The hearing continues before Justice Nordin Hassan continues on March 6.