Kelantan palace revokes Ibrahim Ali’s datukship

(The Star) KOTA BARU: Kelantan palace Wednesday revoked the datukship of Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali and former state secretary Wan Hashim Wan Daud.

The revocation of Ibrahim’s datukship came several days after he visited the former Sultan of Kelantan Tuanku Ismail Petra.

After the visit on Friday, Ibrahim was quoted by the media as saying that the former Sultan was very happy to see him and that he remembered their shared experiences years before.

Wan Hashim is the private secretary to the former ruler.

When asked for a comment in Parliament, Ibrahim said it was not a big deal.

He said he was not surprised with the revocation of his datukship but stressed that it had nothing to do with his role as Perkasa president.

He said he was still a datuk as he has two other awards which carried such a title from Selangor and Malacca.

Ibrahim said he was still in the dark as to the reason why his award from the Kelantan Palace was revoked.

But he said he had visited the former Sultan on Friday as he is very close to Tuanku Ismail Petra.