KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Johor’s Crown Prince today admonished Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi for his assumptions about the Sultan of Johor’s relationship with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, saying that statements should not be made “without being aware of the present situation”.
HRH Brigadier General Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim was responding to the Umno supreme council member’s claim that Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar has no problems with Najib.
“Do not make any speculations whether there’s a problem or not between His Majesty and the Prime Minister, as only H.M. (sic)
“The Sultan and I know the whole story of the said matter, and as such, for the time being, only we need to know and there’s no reason for it to be made public,” the Crown Prince said in a two paragraph statement.
On Saturday, Puad reportedly said that there are no problems between Sultan Ibrahim and Najib, amid rumours that they were not on good terms.
The rumours were sparked by a photo shared on social media of the prime minister and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor walking past Sultan Ibrahim and Tunku Ismail at Singapore’s national day celebration on August 9.
Puad claimed that Najib had told him that there was no misunderstanding between the two, and that the prime minister had greeted the Sultan of Johor before the start of the island state’s national day parade.
