PM, police’s duty to quell sock-gate fires, not Agong’s

Sarawak politicians are applauding Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar for taking the time to have an audience with Umno and DAP leaders to ease the rising tensions surrounding sock-gate.

Former PKR leader Baru Bian told Malaysiakini that it was heartening to see the king making an effort to lend his good counsel to leaders of the two parties to de-escalate the situation after three KK Mart outlets were firebombed.