Netizens go wild after Sultan of Selangor buys cheeky primate, frog artwork


Selangor Sultan takes a closer look at the painting which features lawmakers as monkeys and frogs. Photo courtesy of Selangor Royal Office's Facebook page

Netizens have caught the royal bug on social media following Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah's decision to buy a cheeky artwork set in the Malaysian Parliament with a roomful of primates and frogs as its members. The post by the Selangor Royal Office Instagram account has garnered 26,000 likes in the last few hours.

The colourful painting also shows a man closely resembling Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun. In a packed Parliament session, both the primates and frogs appeared to be creating a ruckus.

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