Lahad Datu: Yet another claimant to Sulu throne

MANILA: There is yet another claimant to the title of sultan of Sulu, and although he remains in hiding his spokesman says he is the real thing.

Representatives of a Datu Abinasser Sultan Badaruddin D. Mohammad Bataraza claimed that he was the real sultan of Sulu, as he was descended from the first wife of Sultan Jamalul Alam, who signed the 1878 agreement to lease Sabah to the British North Borneo Co.