Rulers’ meeting at Istana Negara ends after over two hours


KUALA LUMPUR: Istana Negara was the centre of political intrigue after a meeting chaired by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah involving only the Rulers ended after about two-and-a-half hours yesterday.

The meeting which started at about 2.30pm was to deliberate the government’s proposal to declare an Emergency to deal with the rising number of Covid-19 cases amid political uncertainty in the country.

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