{"id":6515,"date":"2020-10-25T18:39:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6515"},"modified":"2020-10-25T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T10:39:36","slug":"malay-rulers-arrive-at-istana-negara-for-special-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6515","title":{"rendered":"Malay rulers arrive at Istana Negara for special meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Oct&nbsp; 25&nbsp;&#8212; Several&nbsp;Malay rulers arrived at Istana Negara&nbsp;here&nbsp;today for a special meeting&nbsp;involving the rulers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scheduled to commence at&nbsp;2.30 pm,&nbsp;the&nbsp;meeting was to study the proposals made by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin&nbsp;last Friday when granted an audience&nbsp;with Yang di-Pertuan Agong&nbsp;Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri\u2019ayatuddin&nbsp;Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Abdulaziz&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kuantan, Pahang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the&nbsp;official car&nbsp;carrying the&nbsp;Yang di-Pertuan Agong was seen&nbsp;driven through&nbsp;the main entrance of Istana Negara&nbsp;at 12.20 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was followed\u00a0by the arrival of the Sultan of Johor,\u00a0Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar at 1.30 pm and then the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"malay\" class=\"wp-image-6516\" width=\"419\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb-182x100.jpg 182w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb-350x192.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb-800x439.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8e52d8979988e4578f5da0aff78efb665f953219c94cb.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Also&nbsp;seen arriving at the palace were the Sultan of Kedah, Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Almarhum Sultan Badlishah;&nbsp;Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin;&nbsp;Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan,&nbsp;Tuanku Muhriz Almarhum Tuanku Munawir;&nbsp;Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullaill;&nbsp;Sultan of Perak,&nbsp;Sultan Nazrin Shah and the Regent of Pahang, Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scores of local and international&nbsp;media practitioners had gathered at the main entrance of the palace since noon to&nbsp;await&nbsp;the&nbsp;arrival&nbsp;of the Malay rulers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation&nbsp;at the main entrance was calm and under tight control by&nbsp;a Royal Malaysia Police team since&nbsp;morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also cordoned off&nbsp;the area with cones as a security measure and ensured that the standard operating procedure&nbsp;(SOP) including physical distancing was adhered to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday afternoon , Muhyiddin&nbsp;and a number of cabinet ministers&nbsp;appeared before the King at Istana Abdulaziz&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kuantan Pahang&nbsp;following&nbsp;the Special Cabinet Meeting chaired by the Prime Minister in Putrajaya&nbsp;in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Istana Negara&nbsp;in a statement informed that Al-Sultan Abdullah had consented to&nbsp;the presentation of the proposals made at the Special Cabinet Meeting for His Majesty\u2019s consideration and consent&nbsp;for implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also said that&nbsp;His Majesty would have a discussion with the Malay rulers at&nbsp;Istana Negara&nbsp;soon on the proposals submitted by the Prime Minister.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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