Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar takes the throne at a time when royal intervention has been increasingly needed to deal with political instability

Malaysia has sworn in an outspoken motorcycle-riding king in what’s believed to be the world’s only rotating system of monarchy.

Nine ethnic Malay state rulers have taken turns as king for five-year terms since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957.

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