TAMPIN: Police have barred any individual from entering the official residence of the Tunku Besar Tampin Tunku Syed Razman Tunku Syed Idrus Al-Qadri where a ceremony to officially proclaim a new Yang di-Pertuan Besar is to take place on Friday (June 5) morning.
The Undang of Jelebu Datuk Maarof Mat Rashad, Undang of Johol Datuk Muhammad Abdullah, Undang of Rembau Datuk Raja Abdul Rahim Yasin and Datuk Shahbandar Sungei Ujong Datuk Seri Utama Badarudin Abdul Khalid were also initially stopped from being driven in after police locked the main gate.
A visibly upset Muhammad then instructed the police to open the gate but Tampin OCPD Supt Amiruddien Sariman said they had received instructions to not allow anyone inside.
However, a few minutes later the three ruling chiefs and Datuk Shahbandar were allowed in after the situation became tense.
Also allowed in was former Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Rais Yatim.
The ruling chiefs had appointed Tunku Nazaruddin Tuanku Ja'afar as the new state ruler on April 19.
They had on the same day decided to depose Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir as the state ruler over vague allegations of "misconduct".
This was triggered by the decision of the Dewan Keadilan dan Undang which Tuanku Muhriz chaired and which had advised on the dismissal of one of the four ruling chiefs - Datuk Mubarak Dohaklk of Sungei Ujong—for allegedly committing 33 breaches of Syariah principles and traditional customs.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun strongly rejected the declaration to depose Tuanku Muhriz, stating that the state government does not recognise or accept the removal because it is completely invalid and unconstitutional.
Later, counsel for the ruling chiefs Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz told reporters that the DKU meeting was held as planned.
He said the meeting, chaired by the Undang of Jelebu, started at 9am and ended about 50minutes later.
Rais who was also present said the action by the police was unprecedented.
"The Tunku Besar Tampin was not allowed to hold a ceremony at his official residence.
"What wrong did he or the other adat (customary laws) practitioners do?," he asked.
Rais, who was Mentri Besar from 1978 to 1982, said the ruling chiefs were also not given any notice on the matter by the authorities.
"The top leaders in Kuala Lumpur need to understand this (the position of the ruling chiefs) and not treat it as a trivial matter.
Rais claimed that the Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun had also failed to get the consent of the ruling chiefs before dissolving the state assembly on Thursday night.
"The state laws state that he has to do so.
"We will also be taking this up with the higher authorities based on provisions in the federal and state constitutions," he added
