Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has called on Malaysians to appreciate and emulate the exemplary leadership and statesmanship of the late Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman in nation-building.

Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Major General Zahari Mohd Ariffin said His Majesty also regarded Ismail as an irreplaceable statesman.

In fact, he said the ruler also described...