Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi may have had a "slip of the tongue" moment when disputing the controversial statement by Gerakan Pembela Ummah (Ummah defenders movement) chairperson Ismail Mina Ahmad that only Malays had resisted the Japanese occupation and the Communist Party of Malaya.

Speaking to a press conference today, Ismail said he and Zahid "go way back".

"Zahid Hamidi was my friend in university, he was my junior. But it's okay.

"Maybe because we have not met for a very long time, he had a slip of the tongue and 'wronged'," Ismail said...