So-called Sulu heirs fail in final bid to challenge French ruling


PARIS: France's highest civil court has rejected an appeal lodged by the so-called Sulu heirs, drawing a line under a years-long legal battle with the state of Malaysia.

The Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu won a US$14.9bil award in a French arbitration court in 2022 in a long-running dispute over a colonial-era land deal, prompting them to go after Malaysian assets.

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Sulu Case , Azalina Othman Said , Paris

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