“Please be seated, and don't run away.”

— Muhammad V of Kelantan

At the opening of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia, uttered in response to a walkout by Opposition members http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2018/07/17/king-says-please-be-seated-dont-run-away-updated protesting the inauguration of Mohamad Ariff Md. Yusof as Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

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