Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in good health, resting, says Anwar

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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is in good health and resting, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.   The 78-year-old monarch was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (May 27).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4nwa74rr  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim confirmed on Wednesday

00:08that Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is in good health and currently resting.

00:20Earlier, in his speech at the closing of the ASEAN Auditor Conference in Putrajaya,

00:25Anwar apologised for his late arrival,

00:27explaining that he had stopped by the National Heart Institute to visit the Sultan.

00:32The 78-year-old monarch was admitted to the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday due to fatigue.

00:40He is expected to remain there for several days on the advice of Malaysian medical experts.

00:45The Sultan, who has ruled Brunei since 1967, was once the world's wealthiest man

00:51and remains hugely popular in the oil-rich nation.

00:54He holds multiple roles, serving also as its Prime Minister,

00:59Armed Forces Commander, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Defence Minister.

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