KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah yesterday attended the 235th Meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara, here.
The meeting was chaired by the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.
The second-day meeting was attended by all the Malay rulers from the respective states except for Pahang which did not send a representative, as well as all the Yang Dipertua Negeri.
The rulers present were accompanied by their menteri besar, while Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas, Melaka Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin and Sarawak Yang Di-pertua Negeri Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud were accompanied by their chief ministers.
Also present at the meeting were Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Malaysian Armed Forces chief Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin and Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin. Keeper of the Rulers Seal, Datuk Seri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad said in a statement that the rulers and leaders at the meeting were briefed on the latest developments with regard to national defence by Zulkifeli and on security issues by Mohd Bakri. — Bernama