Selangor sultan's rebuke of Dr M not revenge for removing royal powers, says report

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 5 Dec 2017 11:42AM · 13 Comments

Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah says he only hit out at Dr Mahathir Mohamad three weeks after the Pakatan Harapan chairman made his comments about the Bugis people. – The Malaysian Insight file pic by Seth Akmal, December 5, 2017.

DESPITE his dissatisfaction with Dr Mahathir Mohamad over the latter’s remarks against the Bugis community, revenge for the former prime minister move to curtail the Malay rulers’ powers in the 1990s was never in the mind of the Selangor sultan, The Star reports.

“No, we do not believe in revenge. God is great. He will show to the people. Back then, my father told me, today is his day, tomorrow will be our day,” Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said in an exclusive interview with the daily.

Sultan Sharafuddin said he had also held his tongue and only hit out at Dr Mahathir three weeks after the Pakatan Harapan chairman made his comments about the Bugis people in connection with his criticism of Prime Minister Najib Razak.

“I was on my way to perform the umrah when I got to know about the remarks.

“I did not want to react blindly. I waited until I returned and spoke to different people who were there and who knew what actually happened. I only spoke after that,” he said.

The ruler is speaking for the first time after a statement issued by the Selangor Royal Court issued a statement calling for Dr Mahathir to be investigated under the Sedition Act for inciting hate, insulting and belittling the Bugis community.

Since the statement, Sultan Sharafuddin said Dr Mahathir has not apologised to him. 

“He never apologises”, the ruler said.

He had other strong words for Dr Mahathir in the interview, saying the former prime minister was the type of leader who did not want to allow other leaders to do better because he had an “inferiority complex”.

“He (also) has a deep hatred within him. He is just angry and his anger will burn the whole country.”

The sultan said Dr Mahathir was now “destroying foundations that supported him” as he had ruled Malaysia for 22 years with the help and support of other parties.

“(It) makes him a very dangerous man.”

Dr Mahathir, while he was prime minister, had removed legal immunity and the right to veto legislation from Malay rulers. He had also said then that the monarchy required too much money to maintain, a point Sultan Sharafuddin addressed in his interview.

“What about the forex losses? It is so much more,” the sultan said in the exclusive interview with The Star in conjunction with the sultan’s 72nd birthday on December 11.

Dr Mahathir was recently implicated in the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Bank Negara Malaysia’s forex trading losses between 1992 and 1994 and police have begun investigations into the matter.

Dr Mahathir had been reported by The Malaysian Insight as saying that he did not intend to insult the Bugis community in his speeches, but had only targeted Najib. 

Sultan Sharafuddin also denied that he was being influenced by people who were anti-Dr Mahathir.

Another ruler displeased with Dr Mahathir’s remarks was Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar. – December 5, 2017.

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  • LOL. Fact is he is refering to his father, betray his true intention. This sultan is a very small minded, ignorant and full of himself.

    Posted 6 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

    • My friend , the you are using this sultan is very rude to malay people. The Sultan no matter how he think , is a very important people if not to you but to the malays. So if you respect the principle of respecting other race , I ask to use respectful words with the Sultan. Thank you.

      Posted 5 years ago by Rizal Lokman · Reply

    • What a lame remark. History is littered with unjust rulers. Are you going to respect them all? And the agongs are for all Malaysians and not just for Malays. You can have Malays criticizing the agong but non Malays can't?

      Posted 5 years ago by Zamorin 5 · Reply

  • If only the Royal household would talk less and more actions . Then it is befitting to call us your rakyat.

    Posted 6 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Dr. M is our last hope to eliminate worlds most serious kleptocracy…we need him.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Have this sultan turned a blind eye to what is going on in our country? There's so many other areas that he could have assisted by voicing out but of all he choose to voice this out? Horrible. Despicable.

    Posted 6 years ago by Mae Jern · Reply

  • Trust Tok Mahathir.

    Posted 6 years ago by Snowbite8281 shachu · Reply

  • Tun's time now?

    Posted 5 years ago by Jayachandran menon · Reply

  • Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his sons played on International Forex Ecchanges and made alot of losses.Mahathir covered up those stories and terminated anyone who questioned him why he dug into the Treasury coffers to hide the losses his son had incured on international Forex gambling.Mahathir used Treasury money for that Forex gambling by his family mrmber.Hr is the daddy who kasi-duit pada anak dia untuk berjudi.In English you can say that Mahathir Mohamad was a dedicated daddy .In Malay you can say that is a daddy-Kasi duit(Daddy who gives money).
    Rakyat can remember.Rakyat do not forget.Rakyat cannot forgive.
    Former Finance Minister, Daim Zainuddin might forgive and forget. But remember that power to forgive is the prerogative only of theCreator of this Universe.
    Amen
    &
    Amin.

    Posted 5 years ago by Luxshmi Sriyan NH De Silva · Reply

  • Hmm looks like he pointed out how mahathir is interested in making Malaysia better. He is also highlighted everything with our royal intuition. Now seems like umno has got him to smear Mahathir. Our prime minister does more for the people then any royal

    Posted 5 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman · Reply

  • Financially supporting the size of monarchy we have, who has little to no benefit is very taxing. The statements from. Selangor royal is usually narrow and only seems to support one sector of the rakyats.

    Posted 5 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman · Reply

  • Najib is the biggest crook who always says he is a Bugis warrior, emphasis was for the entire Bugis clan. Mahathir singled him out as a crooked Bugis so why is the sultan upset and want an apology? Do Malaysians need this.

    Posted 5 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman · Reply

  • This sultan is the biggest 'batu api' , alive. He has time and again stirred racial polemics in order to stay relevant to be supported and noticed by BUMNO . Mahathir is destroying the evil party and very soon the next in line will be this sultan.

    Posted 5 years ago by Krishna Kumar A/L O K Menon · Reply