Putrajaya must respond to foreign court ordering it to pay RM63 bil to Sulu Sultanate

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Putrajaya must respond to foreign court ordering it to pay RM63 bil to Sulu Sultanate heirs: Leiking

KOTA KINABALU – The RM63 billion claim made by the descendants of now defunct Sulu Sultanate must be answered by Putrajaya, said Warisan deputy president Datuk Darell Leiking.

Speaking to The Vibes, the Penampang MP said that the issue is not something that Kota Kinabalu can reply directly as it is a federal matter, after the public received deafening silence from Sabah’s political circles.

“This is not a case for Sabah to handle because matters involving sovereignty, international representation for Malaysia and security matters are all under the federal government.

“The most is in Parliament which is now ongoing and the MPs could question what is the government going to do.

“I think the federal government should respond to this,” said Leiking, adding that Sabah itself does not have a foreign affairs ministry.

Earlier, a Malaysiakini article stated that yesterday, Spanish news website La Información reported that Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa had issued an award of RM62.59 billion in an arbitration court in Paris, France.

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