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Official appointment: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, conferring the instrument of appointment for Malaysia’s Ambassador to the United States upon Shahrul Ikram on June 3 at Istana Negara. — Photo from Sultan Ibrahim’s Facebook

FOR several weeks Malaysian diplomats were buzzing with speculation about who would be appointed the new ambassador to the United States.

There was a lot of pure happiness when their former boss, Tan Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob, was named, receiving his credentials from His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, early this month.

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