A lawyer has gone to court over the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah’s decision not to accede to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s request for a declaration of emergency.

Plaintiff Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar, through law firm Messrs Kengadharan & Co, filed his originating summons at the High Court Registry in Kuala Lumpur this morning. The government of Malaysia is listed as the sole defendant in the legal action.