The ruler of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, issued a statement urging the government to continue operating normally after four traditional chiefs claimed he had been deposed. This development marks one of the country's most peculiar palace disputes in recent years.

The ruler of one of Malaysia’s nine royal states said on Thursday that the government should continue to function “as usual”, using a speech to project calm after four powerful traditional chiefs claimed they had removed him in one of the country’s strangest palace disputes in years. The row began on Sunday, when the four chiefs publicly declared that Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, the ruler of Negeri Sembilan, had been deposed over alleged “misconduct”, without providing details for their...