Brunei ruler discharged from hospital, resting in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (Reuters) - Brunei's ruler, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, has been discharged from a Malaysian hospital and will rest for several days in Malaysia, the Brunei Prime Minister's Office said late on Saturday.
The sultan, 78, has returned to the Grand Hyatt Hotel to rest following advice from medical experts before returning to Brunei, it said in a statement.
He was admitted to the National Heart Institute for fatigue during a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders last week in Kuala Lumpur.
It is not known when the ruler will return to Brunei. The queen and other members of the royal family were with him, the statement said.
The sultan holds multiple roles in the small Southeast Asian nation, serving as Brunei's prime minister, armed forces commander, finance minister, foreign minister and defense minister.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Independent
2 hours ago
- The Independent
Starmer urged to intervene in ‘never-ending nightmare' of Aung San Suu Kyi and people of Myanmar
Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to personally intervene in the 'unspeakable tragedy' developing in Myanmar and to meet the British son of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been imprisoned by the country's military junta. The call comes in a new report which highlights the plight of Ms Suu Kyi and 22,000 other political prisoners, after a coup which overthrew her democratically elected government four years ago. It also shines a spotlight on the army's airstrikes and ground attacks against civilians and details atrocities including massacres, beheadings, executions, rapes and tortures. Nobel Peace Prize winner Ms Suu Kyi, who is facing 27 years in jail, became a deeply divisive and controversial figure after refusing to speak out on her country's extreme violence against its Rohingya Muslim minority. In an Independent TV documentary about her fall from grace, entitled Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi, William Hague, who welcomed her to London in 2012 said it was possible to be critical of the country's former leader, 'but also say we should be campaigning for her release'. Earlier this year David Lammy issued a historic and impassioned plea for her freedom in this newspaper. In a major intervention, the foreign secretary for the first time made a direct appeal to the military to let her go and give the country's people 'the peace and democracy they deserve'. Tim Loughton, a former Tory minister and the chair of the Conservative Party's Human Rights Commission, which compiled the report, said its findings were an 'urgent wake-up call for action to address the egregious human rights crisis in Myanmar, which has been compounded over the past two months by the devastating earthquake which hit the country on 28 March. He said: 'The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has described the situation as 'an unspeakable tragedy', hence the title of the report. 'He has also called it 'a never-ending nightmare' which has seen 'inhumanity in its vilest form' leading to 'unbearable levels of suffering and cruelty'. It is high time the international community, led by the United Kingdom, steps up its efforts to bring this nightmare to an end and hold the perpetrators of such inhumanity, cruelty, barbarity and criminality to account.' Among those who testified to the commission were Ms Suu Kyi's son, Kim Aris, her former economic policy adviser, Professor Sean Turnell, who spent 650 days in jail in Myanmar and the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews. The report calls on the government to 'stand more vociferously and proactively by the people of Myanmar at a time where the country experiences an unspeakable tragedy'. It also calls for international action to enforce a global arms embargo and cut financial support to the military dictatorship. The commission called on the UK to urgently convene a UN Security Council session on Myanmar. Mr Lammy joined three former British foreign secretaries in calling for Ms Suu Kyi's release, including Lord Hague, who also described her as a 'political prisoner on trumped-up charges' imprisoned because she was a 'force for democracy'. Ms Suu Kyi raised two children, Kim and his brother Alexander, in the UK after studying at Oxford and marrying a British academic, Michael Aris. She returned to Myanmar in 1988, initially to nurse her sick mother before becoming swept up in the pro-democracy movement in the country. Between 1989 to 2010 she became famous around the world as she spent nearly 15 years under house arrest. But after elections in 2015, the junta allowed her to become the country's de facto leader, although only if they kept control of key ministries, including home affairs, defence and border control, as well as the military budget.
The Sun
3 hours ago
- The Sun
Hungry elephant munches on sweet rice cakes and chicken's eggs after barging into grocery store in Thailand
SHOPPERS find there's an elephant in the room — as a peckish pachyderm helps himself to grub at a grocery store. The 25-year-old male munched on sweet rice cakes and chicken's eggs after barging into the shop in Thailand on Monday. 4 4 Even getting wedged under the low ceiling did not stop him as he searched the aisles for treats — without a shopping list, as elephants never forget. Shopkeeper Khamploy Gakaew eventually took him to tusk, ushering the wild animal out of her store. She said: "This was the first time an elephant had visited the store. I hope he doesn't come back. "I was worried about the damage he could cause. "He ate sweet, crispy rice cakes and chicken eggs before walking out. "I was surprised to see it eating sweet food, as elephants usually search for something salty." She added: "We see elephants occasionally, and they will bother street food vendors for food. But this was unusual." Scientists stunned after elephant showers herself with a water hose - but footage also catches a cheeky 'prank' 4 4
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE KENNEDY: My Montecito mole just told me what Meghan's neighbors are all cruelly laughing about behind her back... frankly, it makes me sad
Blimey! A new opinion poll is a wake-up call for The Sovereign of Santa Barbara, the Viscountess of Montecito, Me-Me-Meghan Markle. A survey of American adults found that a meager 41 percent of Meghan's countrymen hold a positive opinion of the Duchess of Do-overs – as she seems to careen from one failed post-Megxit career relaunch to the next.
