Contrary to what was widely reported, Federation of Malaysia Chinese Guilds Association lifetime honorary president Liew Poon Siak said he had never knelt before Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In an interview with Malaysiakini and accompanied by Federation of Kwong Siew Malaysia president Ho Sai Cheong, Liew showed photographs and press cuttings of the event during which he was alleged to have done so while serving tea to the prime minister...