Sultan of Johor’s business empire

By Khairul Khalid

In the 3-part series we consider the Sultan of Johor’s business empire. We begin with asking whether Sultan Ibrahim of Johor’s succession of big money deals over the last six months caused the tide of public opinion to turn against Johor’s royal palace. Next we look closely at the new Housing and Real Property Enactment 2014, through which the Sultan seems to have formally inserted himself into the state administration. We end the series by discussing how sceptical observers are about Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin’s move to pare down the Sultan of Johor’s proposed executive powers in the housing bill.