'Dr M asked Zahid to dissolve Umno, never wanted to ban it'

Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s office has denied Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s allegation that the former premier wanted to ban the party which he led for more than two decades.

“This is completely untrue,” it said in a statement this afternoon.

“If he (Mahathir) harboured any intention to ban Umno, as prime minister, he could have ordered