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Royal tiff over assault to be uncovered
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — The lid is going to be blown away today on a major tussle between the two royal households of Negri Sembilan and Johor.
Tunku Dara Naquiah Tuanku Jaafar, the eldest daughter of the late Tuanku Jaafar of Negri Sembilan, has called a press conference today to provide details about the alleged assault last year of her son by a senior member of the Johor royal household.
Together with her lawyer, she is expected to pose questions about why the authorities have not charged anyone yet over the alleged assault.
It had been reported in Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper last year that her son, Tunku Nadzimuddin, and his friends had been thrashed by a grandson of the Johor Sultan and his bodyguards at a hotel here.
It is understood that Tunku Dara Naquiah and her family will say today what legal action they plan to take to settle the dispute.
A police report had been filed after the alleged assault, but no action has been taken so far.
The scuffle allegedly took place at a hotel here and Tunku Nadzimuddin suffered a fractured nose and was left unconscious from the beating.
The alleged beating took place following an altercation between groups from the two royal households at a popular nightclub in the city.
There has been little publicity in the local newspapers over the incident.
Today’s press conference could reignite debate about the indiscretions of royalty here.
In the 1990s former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad managed to push through amendments to the Constitution which removed the immunity of royalty from prosecution.
Under the Constitution, the country's nine Sultans can be tried only by a special court.
Other members of royal households are not immune from prosecution and can be charged for criminal offences in the ordinary courts.
Royal tiff over assault to be uncovered News
Sep 17 2009, 10:44 AM, updated 17y ago
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