ROYAL CONTROVERSY: Raja Perempuan Kelantan and Tengku Fakhry with the Sultan of Kelantan (centre) at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore in August

KUALA LUMPUR: Royal guards sneaked two unknown women into the royal suite of the recovering Ruler of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra, at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore in the wee hours of the morning, it has shockingly emerged.

In another disgraceful incident, some 20 royal guards, who are also police personnel, besieged the ward and allegedly insulted the Raja Perempuan Kelantan, Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid.

The Malay Mail learnt that personal security officers of the Raja Perempuan had lodged five reports of alleged misconduct by Kelantan police personnel between October and November at the hospital.

Singapore police said they were monitoring the situation at the hospital and that investigations were still under way.

Kelantan police chief SAC 1 Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi, when contacted, declined comment since the police report was lodged in Singapore.

It is also not known if the suspected errant personnel had been recalled pending investigations.

In the first incident at 4.20am on Oct 8, a royal guard was reported to have brought in two unknown women to the royal ward — where the Sultan is recovering from a stroke  — on the sixth floor of the hospital after covering the video surveillance camera with newspaper.

A bodyguard to the Raja Perempuan, Mohd Fadzli Awang, in his police report stated: "The parties then left the ward about two hours later.

"It is unknown what their intention was by coming to the ward at that hour."

He said the Sultan’s third son, Tengku Temenggong Tengku Muhammad Fakhry, had ordered him to lodge a report for police to investigate and take appropriate action against the intruders.

In the second incident at 8.30pm on Nov 9, another bodyguard to the Raja Perempuan, Ahdzemi Mohd Doldonan, told Singapore police one of the intruders had uttered the following words to him and his colleagues:

"The Queen doesn’t have power here except the acting Ruler. So, it is better if you all go home before I do something to you."

He said this happened after the group of policemen stormed the sixth floor and created a ruckus outside the royal ward.

"They were provocative and rude to the Raja Perempuan, stating that they were following instructions from the acting Ruler," he alleged.

He said the situation was tense and that a fight almost broke out between the policemen and the Raja Perempuan’s four bodyguards.

The situation was brought under control following the intervention of hospital authorities.

Two other cases of alleged police misconduct and abuse of power on Oct 26 and on Nov 9 were also reported to Singapore police.

The complainants said they had been ordered by the Raja Perempuan and Tengku Fakhry to lodge the reports. Unconfirmed reports also allege that on one occasion, royal guards used an official car to go to Geylang at 12.45am for unknown reasons; misbehaved and were rude while on duty.

The incidents are believed to be linked to the rift between the Regent Tengku Muhammad Faris and his younger brother Tengku Fakhry.

The dispute between Tengku Fakhry and Tengku Faris had been simmering since their father fell ill in May.

Tengku Faris, who was appointed the Regent on May 25, removed Tengku Fakhry from the Council of Succession by a royal order on Sept 16 and followed up by appointing five people to the council to apparently consolidate his position and to avoid any objections to his appointment as Sultan in the event of his father’s death.

Tengku Fakhry is challenging the validity of Tengku Faris' action in removing him from the Council of Succession in court.

The Sultan has another son who is second in line to the throne, Tengku Bendahara Tengku Muhammad Faiz, and daughter Tengku Amalin A'isyah Puteri.

INCIDENTS AT THE ROYAL WARD

1. OCT 8, 4.20am: A royal guard was reported to have brought in two unknown women to the royal suite on the sixth floor of the hospital after covering the video surveillance camera with newspaper.

A bodyguard to the Raja Perempuan, Mohd Fadzli Awang, in his police report stated that he was stationed at the nursing counter outside ward 10 and noticed three royal guards stationed at the entrance to the royal suite.

One of them was taking a nap.

He said one of them went out by the rear entrance and returned with two unknown women.

“The said guard had alerted the remaining guard to cover the CCTV camera with newspaper,” he claimed, adding that after covering the camera the guard brought the women into the ward.

The guard then came out of the ward and left by the main lift. He came back with two men, one believed to be a Malaysian police inspector. The guard and the police officer waited outside the ward.

“The parties concerned then left the ward about two hours later. It is unknown what their intention was by coming to the ward at that hour.”

2. OCT 26: A royal guard tried to provoke bodyguards to the Raja Perempuan to create tension and start a fight, it was alleged.

3. NOV 9, 4pm: A royal guard had allegedly threatened the Raja Perempuan’s four bodyguards, that he would assault them once they were out of Singapore.

The bodyguards said they felt pressured by the threat and confused by the incident because they were confronted as if they were enemies.

They were also told that the Raja Perempuan Kelantan had no power to give orders.

4. NOV 9, 8.30 pm: Some 20 royal guards stormed the sixth floor and created a commotion outside the royal suite.

Another bodyguard to the Raja Perempuan, Ahdzemi Mohd Doldonan, in his report to Singapore police said the guards were aggressive and provocative.

One of them also insulted the Raja Perempuan, said Ahdzemi, who also claimed the men were provocative and rude to the Raja Perempuan claiming that they were following instructions from the acting Ruler.

He stated that there was “a breach of security, public disorder and conduct unbecoming”.

He urged the police to act because “my colleagues and I are living in fear and worried for our safety”.

5. NOV 14, 9 am: Bodyguard Mohd Shahrizan Zainal Abidin told police that a police personnel attempted to sneak into the Sultan’s room.

He claimed that, acting on orders from the Raja Perempuan to refuse him entry into the suite, he tried to stop the man “but he aggressively pushed my chest with his elbow three times”.

The man went away agitated and Mohd Sharizan called the police.

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