Saturday, Jun 22, 2013
The Star/Asia News Network By R.S.N. Murali
MALACCA: The Malacca Datuks Council only recognises state titles conferred by the Malacca Governor and regards those given by a self-proclaimed "Sultan" and a territorial chieftain as fakes.
Council president Tan Sri Datuk Wira Ahmad Nordin Mohd Amin said the names of the bon fide title recipients are recorded in a stringently guarded logbook.
"We have not and will not accept any one who had received such titles from unauthorised individuals," he said yesterday.
Ahmad Nordin said even for Datukships conferred by the Governor, recipients should provide supporting documents from the State Secretary confirming the presentation of the award.
He said it was an important prerequisite before any name is registered.
"The logbook holds the names of all state Datukship recipients who were given the awards by Malacca Governors," he added.
Ahmad Nordin said the registration log was carefully guarded and tamper-proof.
The Malacca Datuks Council chairman was commenting on The Star's report
on Thursday that two people were conferring scores of dubious state
Datukship titles.One is the self-proclaimed Sultan of Malacca, "Tuanku" Raja Noor Jan Shah Raja Tuah while the other is the Undang Luak (chieftain) of Naning, Negri Sembilan, Datuk Abdul Latif Hashim, whose "territory" covers Alor Gajah in Malacca.
The state's Palace Protocol and Ceremonial chief Datuk A.S. Khamis said Malacca recognised the customary aspect of the Naning Adat Perpatih system but did not recognise any title conferred by the chieftain.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20130622-431528.html
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