KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has been discharged from hospital and can stay within the Malaysian capital for a couple of extra days to relaxation, his workplace mentioned on Saturday.
Sultan Hassanal was admitted to hospital in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday on account of fatigue, although his workplace had insisted the world’s longest-serving monarch was in “good well being”.
“His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah … reward be to God, is again on the Grand Hyatt Lodge after resting a couple of days on the Nationwide Coronary heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur,” his workplace mentioned in an Instagram put up on Saturday.
“Medical specialists have suggested His Majesty to proceed resting for a couple of extra days earlier than departing again to Brunei,” it added.
The 78-year-old sultan was in Kuala Lumpur for a summit with different Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations leaders.
An announcement from the Brunei prime minister’s workplace — a place held by the sultan — on Tuesday mentioned the monarch had been feeling drained and that Malaysian well being specialists had suggested him to relaxation for a couple of days on the Nationwide Coronary heart Institute.
Sultan Hassanal ascended the throne in 1967.
He is among the richest individuals on the planet, and comes from a household that has dominated Brunei, a small Muslim nation perched on the north of the tropical island of Borneo, for greater than 600 years.
His many years ruling Brunei have seen the nation acquire full independence from Britain and dwelling requirements soar to among the many highest globally.
However his reign has additionally been marked by controversies together with the introduction of powerful Islamic legal guidelines legislating penalties similar to severing of limbs and demise by stoning. — Agence France-Presse