Yong: Solution to Sulu claim is in Brunei


Valid document: Yong showing the Sultan of Brunei’s letter to the British colonial government.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sulu claim over Sabah “refuses to go away” because the Federal Government is on the wrong track in fighting the issue, says former chief minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee.

He said Putrajaya had recognised the Sulu-Overbeck grant dated Jan 22, 1878, which purportedly gave the colonial trading company rights to Sabah.

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