Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) president Azwanddin Hamzah (photo, above) claimed he had merely mentioned the word "p****h" in passing because he had been goaded by the audience at a public gathering in December last year.

According to a copy of Azwanddin's defence statement against a defamation suit filed by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P Waythamoorthy, Azwanddin claimed that he was merely repeating what he heard from the crowd in the gathering...