A CEREMONY purportedly proclaiming the installation of the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on June 5 is invalid and not recognised under the state's constitution, laws and customs, it was stated today.
Negeri Sembilan Pengelola Bijaya Diraja (Comptroller of the Royal Household) Datuk Azizi Mohamad Ali said the title of Yang diPertuan Besar purportedly assumed by Tunku Datuk Seri Nadzaruddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar at the ceremony held at a hotel in Alor Gajah, Melaka, on June 5 has no legal effect.
“However, in his attempt to accept the invalid title, Tunku Datuk Seri Nadzaruddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar has effectively relinquished the hereditary title of Tunku Panglima Besar of Negeri Sembilan, which he previously held,” Azizi said as reported by Bernama.
He said that as a result, there is no longer a holder of the hereditary title of Tunku Panglima Besar. – June 9, 2026
