Dutch court rules Sulu sultan's heirs cannot seize Malaysian assets

SULU - A Dutch court of appeal dismissed a bid by eight descendants of a former sultanate to enforce a $15-billion (RM69 billion) arbitration award they had won against the government of Malaysia, media reports said, citing a judgement released on the court website.

Malaysia to fight Sulu heirs claims

KUALA LUMPUR continues to defend its rights against any attempts by the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu to grab Malaysia’s assets, The Malay Mail quoted Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

Malaysia defiant, to fight Sulu sultanate heirs’ claims

MALAYSIA WILL protect the country’s assets over claims by the Sulu sultanate heirs, said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

French court tells Malaysia to pay heirs of Sulu sultan $14bil

Sultan Jamalul Kiram III reads the Mindanao Examiner regional newspaper in this file photo by Mark Navales, the paper's bureau chief in southern Philippines.  

Malaysia ceases paying Sultanate of Sulu

MALAYSIAN FOREIGN Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein bared that his country has stopped paying cession money to the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu and that Kuala Lumpur made an understanding with the Philippines that the claim by the Sultanate of Sulu over the mineral-rich state of Sabah will not be raised at any regional or international platform.