King returns after a surgery in S'pore

King returns after a surgery in S'pore

MALAYSIA: The King of Malaysia returned home on Sunday after recent heart surgery in Singapore, officials in Kuala Lumpur said.

King Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, 75, flew by special aircraft into the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and was welcomed back by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, royal family members and palace officials.

The king underwent heart surgery last month at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital, where he received a stream of high- level visitors, including Mahathir and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the ruler of Brunei.

King Salahuddin, who is the sultan of Malaysia's Selangor state, assumed the throne in 1999 under the country's unique royal rotation system. Each of the nine state sultans take a turn as the monarch of this Southeast Asian nation for a five-year term. --AP