Raja of Perlis won’t let ‘outsider’ control state via mentri besar

Azlan Man is sworn in as Perlis MB before The Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail at Istana Arau on Thursday (May 24). – Bernama

KANGAR: The Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail is an angry man. The absence of nine Barisan Nasional assemblymen for the mentri besar’s swearing-in ceremony despite invitations being sent two days earlier has earned his wrath.

The Raja felt that their absence at the swearing-in of Datuk Seri Azlan Man meant that they were being controlled by “someone” and declared that he did not want “outside forces” to control the state through a “puppet mentri besar”.