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Negeri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir and former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun during the opening of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly in Seremban on April 23, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa.

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Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir at the investiture ceremony of the state awards and medals in conjunction with his 76th birthday celebration at Istana Besar Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah January 14, 2024. — Bernama pic

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Malaysia / 2 h ago

Negeri Sembilan MB instructs state secretary to gazette Tuanku Muhriz’s removal despite DKU objection

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Negeri Sembilan MB instructs state secretary to gazette Tuanku Muhriz’s removal despite DKU objection

Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim said the state secretary had been asked to proceed with gazetting the proclamation on Tuanku Muhriz’s removal “according to the relevant regulations”. — Bernama pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim has instructed the state secretary to proceed with gazetting the removal of Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir as Yang di-Pertuan Besar, despite the Dewan Keadilan dan Undang (DKU) saying the state executive council has no jurisdiction to determine the...

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Johor Department of Environment (DoE) enforcement personnel inspect a section of Sungai Sembrong showing traces of pollution believed to have originated from a nearby palm oil mill in Kluang, September 17, 2026. — Picture courtesy of the Department of Environment (DoE)

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