Kuala Lampur, May 25 -- In his recent commentary in the Malay Mail on 18 May 2026, "What games afoot regarding Negeri Sembilan?", former Malaysian Bar President Christopher Leong advances a highly formalist interpretation of the ongoing constitutional tensions in Negeri Sembilan. Leong argues that the removal of Datuk Mubarak Dohak as the Undang of Sungai Ujong was legally valid because it received the endorsement of the Dewan Keadilan dan Undang (the Dewan), and that the courts therefore ought not to intervene. He similarly characterises the subsequent call by the Undang Yang Empat for the abdication of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar as procedurally defective for failing to comply with Article 10(2) of the Constitution of Negeri Sembilan.

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