Time to take on Sulu heirs


PETALING JAYA: The MCA has called for a special task force in international arbitration to protect Malaysia’s sovereignty over the claims made by the self-proclaimed heirs of the Sulu sultanate.

Its secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon (pic) said the controversial U$14.92bil (RM63bil) award and alleged court ordered seizure of two PETRONAS subsidiaries to these self-proclaimed heirs by a Paris arbitration court was “a direct challenge to our national sovereignty”.

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