Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has issued a legal letter to Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi, demanding that the latter make a public apology to him in front of the media.

This is after Puad had erroneously accused Mahathir of obstructing the transfer of a plot of land that the former premier is holding in trust for the party.

According to a statement from the lawyer Rafique Rashid...