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– Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): After almost four decades serving Istana Negara, Rusli Asri, 60, has bid adieu to the palace with sadness and pride having served as
bentara (palace herald) under 10 Malaysian monarchs.
Rusli, who started his service at the age of 20 during the reign of the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ahmad Shah, ended his career serving under his son, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on March 30.
Rusli was truly sad to retire and was in tears as he left Istana Negara, the residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong. This separation is very painful because 40 years is not a short period of time. I will be lying if I say I will not miss the palace. I am so accustomed to working here,” he said when met by Bernama at Istana Negara recently.