SULU: Malaysia hailed a French court decision setting aside the $15 billion (RM69 billion) award in a case brought by eight heirs of the Sultan of Sulu regarding territorial claims related to the mineral-rich Sabah in Borneo, the New Straits Times reported.
Quoting Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, of the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform), the Malaysian newspaper said the Paris Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday, June 6, that the arbitration court, which mandated Kuala Lumpur to pay the sum to the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu, the former rulers of the region, lacked jurisdiction in the case.
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