THERE is supposedly an immense amount of wrangling behind the scenes at the US$14.92 billion (RM66.39 billion) claim and ongoing dispute between the eight heirs of the late Sultan of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram II and the Malaysian government. For starters, the eight heirs, who are supposedly “regular folk” without lavish lifestyles, have been able to take on the Malaysian government, hiring top-notch lawyers with several millions in funding from Therium Capital Management Ltd.
CLAIMS by the so-called heirs of the Sulu Sultanate will not be debated in Parliament because Malaysia has ongoing proceedings involving the matter and its litigation strategies could be compromised, says Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun.
KAJANG, July 19 Legal counsels hired by heirs of the now-defunct Sulu Sultanate had sought to secure arbitration rulings against Malaysia in Spain and France as both nations.
THE Brunei Sultanate ruled over most of Borneo, the Philippines and many of the kingdoms in the Sulu archipelago going back to the 14th century, including the Sulu Sultanate