Malaysia's King Al-Sultan Abdullah called on Tuesday the two main contenders to be prime minister - opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin - for an audience at 4.30 pm (0830 GMT), the palace said in a statement.
(Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi, Rozanna Latiff and Mei Mei Chu; Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)