Dutch court rules 'Sulu heirs' cannot seize Malaysian assets


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 27 Jun 2023

THE HAGUE (Reuters): A Dutch court of appeal dismissed a bid by eight descendants of a former sultanate to enforce a US$14.9bil arbitration award they had won against the government of Malaysia, a judgment released on the court website Tuesday (June 27) showed.

"The court dismisses the requests of the Filipino nationals" to demand to execute the arbitration award, the judgment said.

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