The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, today presented the instruments of appointment to 13 members of the Penang Islamic Religious Council (MAINPP) and three members of the Malacca Islamic Religious Council (MAIM), at the Istana Negara.

The members of the Penang council are MAINPP president Mohd Salleh Man; Penang state secretary Farizan Darus; Penang legal adviser Faiza Zulkifli and Penang financial officer Mokhtar Mohd Jait, Penang chief police officer Abd Rahim Hanafi; Court of Appeal Judge Yusof Musa; Istana Negara religious officer Abd Aziz alias Aziz Che Yacob, Danial Zainal Abidin; Rosidi Hussain; Zainudin Haniff; Norhayati Jaafar; Dr Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor and Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden.

The members of the Malacca council are Chief Minister Idris Haron, Malaccfa financial officer Zainal Hussin and deputy rector (student affairs) of Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) Malaysia (IIUM) Prof Dr Mizan Hitam.  

Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri Abdul Rahman Abbas was among those present at the presentation of the instruments and the audience with Tuanku Abdul Halim. Others members of both the councils also attended the ceremony.

- Bernama