Court bins challenge over Agong's refusal to declare emergency

A lawyer failed in his legal bid to determine whether the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had the power to refuse a request from then prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin to issue an emergency proclamation four years ago.

Judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh this afternoon dismissed the action by Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar, ruling that the issue is not one the court can intervene in...