A source close to the Kelantanese prince popularly known as Ku Li confirmed the news last night after several online blogs had claimed that the Gua Musang MP had been stripped of two state awards, including one usually reserved for royalty.
“Yes, it is true. Two awards. DK (Darjah Yang Utama Kerabat Diraja) and one more, I do not know. I do not know the reasons as well,” the source told The Malaysian Insider.
It is understood that the Kelantan state secretary has confirmed the revocation but has yet to release a statement as done previously.
The Malaysian Insider understands that Tengku Razaleigh will hold a press conference tomorrow, believed to be centred on the removal of his state awards by the new Sultan of Kelantan, who is his grandnephew.
The Kelantan royal palace had also revoked the datukship of Independent Pasir Mas MP and Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali on October 12.
Kelantan government secretary Mohd Aiseri Alias said then that the palace also revoked the title carrying the term “datuk” of former state secretary Wan Hashim Wan Daud, as well as the titles of Tengku Mohamed Shafiei Tengku Ibrahim and Tengku Abu Bakar Tengku Mansor.
He did not state the reason for the revocations.
Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra was proclaimed Sultan of Kelantan on September 13 this year. Former Kelantan Ruler Tuanku Ismail Petra Sultan Yahya Petra has claimed that Tuanku Muhammad Faris did not have the power to abdicate him to become the state’s new ruler.
Tuanku Ismail Petra had filed two petitions against Sultan Muhammad V (Tuanku Muhammad Faris) to question his powers to reconstitute the Kelantan Council of Succession, the fundamental liberties of the Sultan, and his powers to amend the constitution to authorise the Council of Succession to appoint a successor to the reigning Sultan.
The former Sultan of Kelantan has remained incapacitated after suffering a stroke on May 14 last year, paving the way for the council to name his 35-year-old son as Regent last year.
Tengku Razaleigh, one-time finance minister and founder of national oil company Petronas, is currently one of the longest-serving parliamentary lawmakers in the country, serving the Gua Musang constituency.
Ku Li was also deputy chairman and a member of the succession panel but stayed away from the meeting that confirmed the new ruler’s ascension to the throne. The other absentee was the new ruler’s sister, Tengku Amalin A’ishah Putri. - Malaysian Insider
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