The Pot Calling the Kettle Black…

Who monitors the Sultan?

By steadyaku47

Johor sultan revokes datukships.

JOHOR BARU: Three other public figures, besides former minister Datuk Seri Chua Jui Meng, have had their Johor state titles stripped of since last week, the Johor Council of Royal Court said yesterday.

The revocation was in accordance with Article 12 of the Statutes and Ordinances of the Most Honourable Order and Article 7(f) of the second part of the Johor constitution 1895. Ramli said that under the article, the sultan had the unquestionable right to bestow on or revoke any title given to his subjects.

Ramli said the council had a regulatory body to monitor the conduct of the recipients, “In Johor, the datukship is equivalent to the British knighthood… So you see, we hold such titles in high regard and with utmost respect since Datuks here are considered to be exemplary individuals and leaders.”

I came across the above article this morning. It is good to know that Johor has a regulatory body to monitor the conduct of these Datuks. And Ramli also tells us that the Johor Datukship is equivalent to the British knighthood…and that they hold such titles in high regard and with utmost respect since Datuks are considered to be exemplary individuals and leaders.

One question Ramli – who monitors the Sultan?

If you say that the Sultan of Johor does not need monitoring then I beg to differ. And here are just a few reasons why.

One of your Sultan assaulted a Johor hockey coach at his palace in 1992 and the fall out from that enabled Mahathir to cold storage royalty and handed over royalty powers to UMNO. Good for UMNO bad for Sultans…and worse still for the Rakyats!