King attends Trooping the Colour ceremony
PUTRAJAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V attended the Trooping the Colour ceremony held with pomp and pageantry at Dataran Pahlawan Negara here.
The ceremony, which marks the pledge of loyalty by the Malaysian Armed Forces to the King as their Commander-in-Chief, took place in conjunction with His Majesty’s birthday celebration.
Also present were Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa and Defence Forces chief Jeneral Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor.
The five pennants paraded at the ceremony represented the Royal Malay Regiment, Royal Ranger Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).
Upon the King’s arrival at 9.35am, the national anthem was played with a 21-gun salute fired by a team from the 14th Battery, Royal Artillery Regiment led by Mejar Mohd Asri Che Wil.
His Majesty then went up the special dais to take the royal salute from the guard of honour mounted by 25 officers and 563 members of other ranks from the three branches of the armed forces, led by Lt-Kol Mohd Radzi Othman, commander of the 1st Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment.
It was followed by the fly-past by two Nuri helicopters and a Eurocopter EC725, Alouette and WASP over the venue, carrying the Jalur Gemilang and flags of the Malaysian Armed Forces, RMAF, RMN and the army.
Accompanying the Trooping the Colour and march-past was a medley of patriotic songs played by the combined armed forces central bands, led by Mejar Muhammad Nor Azizan Yahya and assisted by Warrant Officer (WO) I Abdul Hamid Ali, WO II Safiyan Said and Mohd Fairul Mahat.
This was followed by three cries of “Daulat Tuanku” by the parade participants.
The ceremony ended with the reciting of the doa by Military Religious Corps director-general Mejar-Jeneral Datuk Kamarudin Mamat. — Bernama