KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia has maintained its sovereign immunity in its legal fight against the self-proclaimed heirs of the Sulu sultanate in the European arbitration courts, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said no state should be subject to the jurisdiction of the court of another state, adding this was a principle recognised under customary international law.
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