A lawyer, who once served Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Ismail, now wants the Johor Criminal Sessions Court to subpoena the monarch as a witness.

Kamal Hisham Jaafar is requesting that the sultan assist with the proceedings in which Kamal Hisham has been charged with criminal breach of trust and other charges under the Companies Act 1965

His lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz filed the subpoena request and informed the court of the matter this morning.