Negeri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir has warned that custom cannot be defended by violating its own rules, amid disputes over succession to the throne.

Bernama reported him as saying that those who had acted in recent months, purportedly to defend custom but instead disputing succession rules, must understand this principle.

“Such actions could not only undermine the credibility of traditional institutions and the palace, but also risk jeopardising the stability of the state and eroding public trust,” he said at the installation of Jelebu’s 17th undang at Istana Besar Seri Menanti today.

Tuanku Muhriz said Adat Perpatih and the law formed the basis for the ruler’s position and succession to the throne.