Adat Beradat.

 Fri 12.7.2024.

The last Undang Rembau passed away on 15.5.2024. The pandora box  reopened. The choice of leaders had meant tribal wars when the Adat Perpatih was founded 400 years ago. Now it looks like the "Rembau war" has started, looking for the new Undang, just the way it started in the beginning. 

Fist fights have begun. More and maybe more serious fights are going to happen. I don't think the Judiciary can do anything here. The "Peruts" and the "Anak Buah" must come to an agreement, forced or whatever. The Undang gets so much more money and other worldly perks nowadays, nobody is going to take this lying down.

The incredible confusion is understandable when there is no written authority to preside over the whole mess. That should have been done 100 years ago.

How can you arrive at justice and fairplay when history is fraught with fiction and the living players have vested interest in the outcome ?

To begin with, there are 27 "Sukus" under  23 "Datuk Lembaga", with 92 "Peruts".

But the "Undang" comes from, by turn, either Datuk Lela Maharaja, or Datuk Sedia Raja, both not from among the 23 mentioned. So in fact you have 25 Datuk Lembaga.

The 2 Sukus within those 2 Datuk Lembaga are Biduanda Jakun and Biduanda Jawa. Perhaps their names explain the commotion taking place now - the "Wak" fighting the "Orang Asli".

The MPS technician who became the last Undang was also challanged initially. But the MB wisely quickly made it official by commencing the official stipend payment, and whatever lingering  protests remaining then just died naturally.

The Undangs are potent in NS. They elect the Yam Tuan. So the Rembau war unfolding merits watching.

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