Negri MB confirms proclamation removing Tuanku Muhriz
SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim today confirmed that a proclamation removing Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir as Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan had been approved.
Negri Sembilan Chief Minister Datuk Ismail Lasim has confirmed that a proclamation removing Tuanku Muhriz as the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the state has been approved. This decision was unanimously endorsed by all members of the state executive council during a meeting on Tuesday, according to Lasim. The state secretary has been given instructions to proceed with the gazettement of the proclamation according to existing regulations.
Lasim made the announcement today after the Negri Sembilan First-Class Graduate Excellence Awards ceremony. Earlier, a statement issued by the state executive council claimed that the proclamation, dated April 19, 2026, had been signed and sealed by the legitimate Undang. The proclamation, based on Article 11 of the Laws of the Constitution of Negri Sembilan 1959, selected Tuanku Nadzaruddin as the new Yang di-Pertuan Besar.
The decision was respected by the state executive council and implemented in accordance with the UUTKNS 1959.
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