FILE PHOTO: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin signs a document on his first day at the prime minister’s office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, March 2, 2020. Malaysia Information Department/Wazari Wazir/Handout via REUTERS
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s palace on Sunday denied allegations of a “royal coup” in appointing the country’s prime minister after veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad resigned, saying the king used his discretionary powers prescribed in the constitution.
The palace was responding to an editorial in the UK daily Guardian this week that said Malaysia’s king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, had overturned a democratic election result by namin