KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia Youth chief Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman has insisted that the party's chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pleaded against the proposal to abandon the Pakatan Harapan (PH) during its Supreme Council meeting on February 23.

Responding to an audio clip leaked and uploaded today on the "Bersatu sokong Tun Mahtahir" Facebook page, the Armada leader claimed that the audio clip is a "blatant lie" and demanded his party's Supreme Council to reveal the full audio recording of the meeting.

"This is a blatant lie. I was in the meeting. Tun M pleaded three times to not leave PH," he posted on Twitter.

Syed Saddiq said in his final plea, Dr Mahathir had even urged the party to not force him to betray...