Taib is Sarawak's new governor


Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah berkenan menyampaikan surat cara perlantikan kepada Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak kepada Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud di Istana Negara di sini, hari ini. -- fotoBERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah presented Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud the instrument of appointment as the new Yang di-Pertua Negri of Sarawak at the Istana Negara here.

The ceremony was witnessed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the new Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

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