Kuala Lampur, Sept. 21 -- We are a country of laws. Yet several events of the past few days have wrought chaos upon the sanctity of the rule of law and the institutions established under the Federal Constitution.

On September 16, 2026, Malaysians were shocked by the news that the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, had purportedly been deposed unilaterally and unceremoniously by the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (exco), without any stated grounds, due process, or enquiry.

The reported conduct of the exco is an egregious violation of the Laws of the Constitution of Negeri Sembilan 1959 (LCNS 1959), and a direct and unlawful assault on the institution of the constitutional monarchy.

The remov...