Malaysia’s nine royal households, which are part of a unique constitutional monarchy system, have long been content with playing a passive role in upholding Malay Muslim values in the country’s complex and often combustible multiracial politics.
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Malaysia’s nine royal households, which are part of a unique constitutional monarchy system, have long been content with playing a passive role in upholding Malay Muslim values in the country’s complex and often combustible multiracial politics.