Malaysia’s next top royal

Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, the hereditary ruler of the central Malaysian state of Pahang and a prominent adviser to several world sporting bodies, has been named the country’s new king.
The 59-year-old was elected to serve a five-year term by eight other Malay sultans in the country’s Conference of Rulers, replacing the previous king, the flamboyant Sultan Muhammad V, who had stunned the country with his sudden abdication in early January.
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