Explaining the Sulu claim
Below is a statement from former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas dated July 27.
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Below is a statement from former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas dated July 27.
MARCH 7 — Following news that a French arbitration court has ordered Malaysia to pay the descendants of the Sultan of Sulu US$14.92 billion (RM62 billion), references have been made to a decision of the Sabah High Court sitting at Kota Kinabalu which ruled that Malaysia was the proper venue to...
Although deciding in favour of the nieces of the Sultan of Sulu and a self-proclaimed male heir in their claim for the annual cession money in 1939, Justice Charles Macaskie had serious doubts about the sultanate’s supposed claim to ownership of parts of Sabah’s east coast, Daily Express can reveal for the first time