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Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin was today (January 24) named as Malaysia’s new king after the surprise and unprecedented abdication of the incumbent monarch earlier this month. The Conference of Rulers, a special gathering held between eight of the country’s hereditary sultans, decided after a brief one hour meeting that Abdullah, who was recently appointed sultan of […]