It has been reported in Sin Chew Daily that, Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and his wife have decided not to receive royal pay for 6 months, from March till August 2020, in order to show their efforts in helping Malaysians to go through this difficult period.
Datuk Manager Royal Palace of the National Palace, Dato' Ahmad Fadil published an announcement today that, His Majesty and his wife have expressed to the government that they have decided not to receive royal pay for up to six months, in order to ease the government's burden during this critical time being. Besides that, they too responded to the request of the government to reduce the pay of Prime Minister, Ministers and Deputy Ministers by two months.
The announcement too mentioned that the Malaysia Prime Minister is aware of the matter.
