B u ei’s
Sulta
evokes
daughte -i -law’s
oyal
title
ove
‘u becomi g’
co duct.
Sulta
Hassa al
Bolkiah
of
B u ei
has
st ipped
his
daughte -i -law,
Pe gi a
Raabi’atul
Adawiyyah,
of
he
oyal
title,
with
the
cou t y’s
Office
of
the
G a d
Chambe lai
sayi g
he
co duct
was
deemed
“u becomi g”
of
a
spouse
of
a
membe
of
the
oyal
family.
The
dec ee,
issued
o
Satu day,
August
8,
evoked
he
title
of
“Ya g
Amat
Mulia
Pe gi a
A ak
Iste i”
with
immediate
effect.Raabi’atul,
33,
is
ma ied
to
P i ce
Abdul
Malik,
43,
the
Sulta ’s
seco d
so
with
his
fi st
a d
o ly
emai i g
wife,
Quee
Saleha,
a d
the
fou th
i
li e
to
the
B u eia
th o e.
While
the
official
stateme t
said
he
actio s
had
ta ished
the
mo a chy’s
eputatio
a d
demo st ated
a
lack
of
espect
towa ds
Sulta
Hassa al
Bolkiah,
autho ities
have
ot
disclosed
what
co duct
led
to
the
u p ecede ted
decisio .
B u ei
oyal
family
title
evoked
with
immediate
effect
The
Office
of
the
G a d
Chambe lai
co fi med
that
Raabi’atul
is
o
lo ge
co side ed
pa t
of
B u ei’s
oyal
family
followi g
the
Sulta ’s
dec ee.
Acco di g
to
a
stateme t
epo ted
by
B u ei’s
atio al
b oadcaste
RTB
News
a d
The
New
St aits
Times,
the
decisio
followed
co duct
that
was
co side ed
i app op iate
fo
someo e
ma ied
to
a
membe
of
the
oyal
family.The
stateme t
said
he
actio s
had
“ta ished
the
mo a chy’s
good
ame”
a d
showed
“a
lack
of
espect
towa ds
Sulta
Haji
Hassa al
Bolkiah.”
Howeve ,
officials
have
ot
p ovided
details
about
the
alleged
i cide t
o
i cide ts
behi d
the
decisio .The e
has
also
bee
o
official
a ou ceme t
of
a
divo ce
betwee
Raabi’atul
a d
P i ce
Abdul
Malik.
P i ce
Abdul
Malik
a d
Raabi’atul
Adawiyyah
ma ied
i
2015
Raabi’atul
ma ied
P i ce
Abdul
Malik
i
2015
i
a
lavish
oyal
ce emo y
at
Ista a
Nu ul
Ima ,
the
Sulta ’s
official
eside ce
i
Ba da
Se i
Begawa .
The
weddi g
celeb atio s
epo tedly
co ti ued
fo
10
days
a d
att acted
thousa ds
of
guests.The
couple
have
fou
daughte s:
P i cess
Muthee’ah,
10,
P i cess
Fathiyyah,
eight,
P i cess
Khaalishah,
six,
a d
P i cess
Nabeelah,
who
is
16
mo ths
old.Thei
child e ’s
oyal
titles
a e
epo tedly
u affected
by
the
Sulta ’s
dec ee.P i ce
Abdul
Malik,
43,
is
o e
of
Sulta
Hassa al
Bolkiah’s
12
child e
a d
is
cu e tly
fou th
i
the
li e
of
successio .
Sulta
Hassa al
Bolkiah
has
st ipped
oyal
titles
befo e
The
Sulta ’s
decisio
is
ot
the
fi st
i sta ce
i
which
he
has
evoked
oyal
titles
f om
membe s
of
his
family.
I
2003,
he
st ipped
his
seco d
wife,
Ma iam
Abdul
Aziz,
of
he
oyal
titles
followi g
thei
divo ce.He
simila ly
emoved
the
oyal
titles
of
his
thi d
wife,
Az i az
Mazha
Hakim,
afte
thei
divo ce
i
2010.Howeve ,
Raabi’atul’s
case
is
otably
diffe e t
because
she
emai s
ma ied
to
the
Sulta ’s
so .
The e
has
bee
o
public
co fi matio
that
the
couple
have
sepa ated
o
divo ced.
Who
is
Sulta
Hassa al
Bolkiah?
Sulta
Hassa al
Bolkiah,
80,
has
uled
B u ei
fo
decades
a d
is
ega ded
as
the
wo ld’s
lo gest- eig i g
mo a ch.
He
succeeded
his
fathe
i
1967
a d
became
B u ei’s
p ime
mi iste
followi g
the
cou t y’s
i depe de ce
f om
B itai
i
1984.The
oil- ich
Southeast
Asia
atio ,
located
o
the
isla d
of
Bo eo
a d
su ou ded
by
Malaysia,
is
a
absolute
mo a chy
u de
his
ule.The
Sulta
is
also
k ow
fo
his
ext ao di a y
wealth
a d
his
eside ce
at
Ista a
Nu ul
Ima ,
a
vast
palace
i
Ba da
Se i
Begawa
that
has
1,788
ooms.B u ei
i t oduced
Sha ia
law
i
2014,
while
a
ew
pe al
code
impleme ted
i
2019
d ew
i te atio al
c iticism
fo
p ovisio s
co ce i g
offe ces
i cludi g
adulte y
a d
same-sex
elatio s.
Followi g
i te atio al
co dem atio ,
the
Sulta
a ou ced
a
mo ato ium
o
the
death
pe alty
fo
homosexuality.