Rare Rebuke From Malaysia’s King Deepens Muhyiddin’s Troubles
- Anwar Ibrahim calls on PM to take responsibility, step down
- Royal intervention comes in parliament’s first 2021 sitting
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Malaysia’s king publicly berated a government minister for misleading parliament, sparking renewed calls for embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to resign.
In a rare rebuke, King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad said in a statement he had yet to consent to canceling laws that were imposed without legislative approval throughout Malaysia’s seven-month emergency.