Some historical fact concerning the present Sultan of Johor.
When the present Sultan of Johor was a young prince, he had also
murdered a card player, who had an unusual winning streak; and
thinking that he was being cheated, the young prince drew out his
pistol and killed that guy point blank.
He killed his caddy, as the caddy was stupid to laugh when a putt
was missed.
For his waywardness, the previous Sultan of Johor had 'disowned' this incorrigible son, in
favor of the younger brother. Unfortunately, during the dying
moments of the previous Sultan, the younger Prince was not present,
and the Will of the
previous Sultan was altered.
This matter was brought to the Royal Council of Rulers for
arbitration, but it declined to interfere and considered the fracas
as an internal disputes of the Johor Royal Family.
The Johor hockey coach was slapped as he did not allow the present
Johor Sultan's younger son from playing, and left the young prince
sitting on the bench as a reserve. The Sultan thought that with his
son playing, the Johor State Team would not have lost.
After this slapping incident, the hockey coach took a civil suit
against the Sultan, but it was thrown out by the civil court, as it
had no judicial power to summon a Royalty to court.
Mahathir, who was then the PM, decided that the Malaysian Royalty
that abused their position should not be allowed to continue with
their wayward ways - as there were continuous reports of abuses by
the large number of youthful members of the many royal families of
all Peninsular Malaysian States.
For the first time, and with the consent of the Royal Council of
Rulers, the Malaysian Constitution was changed to allow any member
of the Royal Family to be prosecuted, and the Sultan will be dealt
with by the Royal Council.
Following this slapping incident, the Private Military Batalion of
the Royal Johor Sultan was disbanded, and all members were absorbed
into the Malaysian Army without any loss of rank.
For all those who are golfing at the Royal Johor Golf Club, be
warned not to hang around when this Sultan visit the Club, as you
will be roped in to be a golfing partner; and will be expected to
lose the game to his Royal Highness.
You are also then to 'give
up' your golf set for "losing the match"; and you are
subsequently expected to write a letter of apology to his Royal
Highness for being a poor player, and also to plead for his
generosity to return the golf set.
