The Sultan of Brunei has made a complaint of defamation to the Indonesian police about an Instagram account that criticized the wealthy autocratic leader of Southeast Asia's smallest nation. Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said Monday the complaint was made on behalf of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah by the deputy director of the Royal Brunei Police Force. "There were some comments in the account that could cause hatred against the Sultan," Yuwono said. It gets much of its wealth from oil and gas reserves that have also made the sultan extremely wealthy, with a fortune estimated at about $20 billion by Forbes. Hassanal began imposing Shariah law on the Muslim-majority country in 2014, sparking condemnation from rights groups.

Source: ABC News January 22, 2018 07:19 UTC