"So I am not going to talk about all this," he said when asked to respond to rumours circulating on social media on Sultan Muhammad V's abdication of the throne. Dr Mahathir made the comment at a press conference on Friday (Jan 4) after chairing the Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting. Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah was the acting Agong during the absence of Sultan Muhammad. A portal reported that Mohd Amar denied rumours that Sultan Muhammad would abdicate the throne. During the absence of Sultan Muhammad, there were also foreign media reports and photographs claiming that the King had married a former Russian beauty queen in Moscow.

Source: thestar January 04, 2019 05:28 UTC