Malaysian Sultan Muhammad V has divorced his Russian wife Oksana Voevodina, Singapore lawyer confirms

Following Muhammad’s issuance of the triple talaq on June 22, the sharia court in his state of Kelantan issued a divorce certificate on July 1, the lawyer said

The ex-beauty queen, who is in Russia with her son, said the circulation online of the divorce certificate was ‘an act of provocation’

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Malaysia’s Sultan Muhammad V has divorced his wife Oksana Voevodina. Photo: Instagram

Published: 8:03pm, 20 Jul 2019Updated: 8:44pm, 20 Jul 2019

The lawyer of Malaysia’s Sultan Muhammad V on Saturday confirmed the monarch had “irrevocably divorced” Russian beauty queen Oksana Voevodina, but widespread speculation about their whirlwind romance is likely to continue after the ex-Miss Moscow told a news portal she had no knowledge of the legal proceedings.

Adding a fresh twist to the saga were comments from the 49-year-old sultan’s lawyer suggesting he was unclear whether he was the biological father of Ismail Leon, the couple’s two-month-old son.

Discussion about the private affairs of Malaysia’s constitutional monarchs, who serve as guardians of the Islamic faith and centuries-old Malay culture, is usually muted but the recent twists and turns in the couple’s marriage has become a hot topic not only within the country but also among royalty gawkers across the region.

Singapore-based family lawyer Koh Tien Hua said in a statement that his client Muhammad, sultan of the state of Kelantan, divorced 27-year-old Oksana on June 22.

Koh said the divorce was undertaken through the mechanism under Muslim law known as “triple talaq”, whereby men can divorce their wives by saying the word “talaq” or “divorce” in Arabic, three times.

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