Boycotting the Grand Audience

November 4, 2008

CROWN Prince Dissan Maulana grumbled. This Sultan of Bulungan, East Kalimantan, pointed out a fez-like cap and thick black shirt with gold embroidery that were placed nearby. “I didn’t put it on, even though I had prepared it long in advance,” said Maulana, on Tuesday last week.

He had also neatly packed a pair of emblems of the Bulungan Sultanate and Bulungan logo from pure gold. This was a souvenir for Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, the K

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