Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar has recounted the heart-wrenching experience of seeing the suffering endured by his late son Tunku Laksamana Tunku Abdul Jalil during the latter’s battle with liver cancer.
He told The Star Online in an exclusive interview that it crushed his heart each time he saw his son suffer, especially when he knew that he was dying.
“I had to be strong for him until the end.
“We are, after all, ordinary human beings, too. I am a father like other parents in Johor.
“But as my wife penned in a heartfelt letter which she has shared with Malaysians, sometimes things don’t go as we plan.
“No matter how painful, one needs to accept reality with an open heart,” the sultan was quoted as saying.
Tunku Abdul Jalil passed away on Dec 5 after being diagnosed with stage-four liver cancer.
Sultan Ibrahim said Tunku Abdul Jalil was diagnosed with liver cancer while he was on a holiday with the family in the United Kingdom in August last year, describing him as a fighter and a man of steel.
“While it was painful for him during the medical treatment, it was equally painful for us.”
“But we must accept fate and destiny. Allah has His reasons. I wish to take this opportunity to thank Malaysians, especially Johoreans, from all walks of life, races and religions who opened up their hearts in pouring out their support for my son.
“I truly wish to thank them from the bottom of my heart. I am deeply touched,” the sultan was quoted as saying, adding that people were still visiting the royal mausoleum to pay their last respects.
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