Malaysia applies to set aside RM63bil award to Sulu sultan’s heirs
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has filed an application to an arbitration court in France to set aside a US$14.92 billion (RM62.59 billion) award to the heirs of the last Sulu sultan. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the descendants’ claims, via an arbitration court, were illegitimate and unlawful. It was previously…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has filed an application to an arbitration court in France to set aside a US$14.92 billion (RM62.59 billion) award to the heirs of the last Sulu sultan.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the descendants’ claims, via an arbitration court, were illegitimate and unlawful.
It was previously reported that the arbitration court had instructed the government to pay the Sulu sultan’s descendants over a breach of an 1878 agreement pertaining to what is now modern day Sabah. –Free Malaysia Today
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