KUALA LUMPUR: Norwegian King Harald V is currently undergoing treatment at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital (HSM) in Langkawi after falling ill while holidaying in Malaysia.
Sources confirmed that he is in the hospital’s Royal Suite.
Bernama is seeking further information from the Norwegian embassy in Kuala Lumpur and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Oslo on the king’s condition.
Earlier, the Xinhua news agency quoted a statement from the Royal House of Norway yesterday (Feb 27), indicating that the 87-year-old monarch was hospitalised in Malaysia due to an infection.
The statement mentioned that he is currently receiving medical care from both Malaysian and Norwegian medical personnel.
King Harald V, who is on a private trip here in Malaysia, is scheduled to resume his official duties on March 8, when he is expected to meet the Cabinet at the Royal Palace in Oslo, reported Xinhua.
Harald V who was born on Feb 21, 1937, and is Europe’s oldest living monarch, ascended to the throne of Norway in 1991.
Source: New Straits Times
