Istana Negara dismisses Guardian editorial, says it is inaccurate, misleading


Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin.

PETALING JAYA: Istana Negara has dismissed as misleading the editorial "The Guardian view on a royal coup: a king overturns historic election", published on March 3 by UK daily The Guardian.

Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, who said he was appalled by the article, said it presented a distorted account of the process by which the King appointed a new Prime Minister.

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