Was that the King?

So, our second night in KL, my sister and brother in law (Ho Li & Gan) decided to take us out for dinner. We drove into town, took the obligatory pictures in front of the Petronas Towers, etc. While we were walking into the front of the hotel where the restaurants were, all of a sudden people come storming out of the hotel, security guards, managers in suits, and then armed police, literally splitting our group in half. We ended up right next to the door blocked by security folks while a Rolls Royce pulled into the valet area with police escorts both in front and back. The hotel manager hustled out to the car, bowing to whoever was inside, hands together to his forehead like you'd hold your hands in prayer. Turns out it was the ex-king, now Raja of Perlis, one of the Malaysian States, and his entourage. He walked by us not ten feet away, I was stunned that security let us anywhere near him, I've shaken the hand of a US president, but it wasn't without dozens of Secret Service folks around, and in very controlled circumstances, I can't imagine GWB just showing up at a restaurant and walking by the hoi polloi. It hadn't occurred to me to take a picture, but it's possible we were on the news that night as we were directly across from the news cameras as they filmed him walking into the hotel. It was over as quickly as it started, and we continued on our way to dinner.