KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — Eight
"mysterious" individuals who claim to be linked to a Sulu sultan who died in 1936 are seeking to profit from Malaysia, by attempting to hold the country to"ransom" in order to grab US$14.9 billion , the Malaysian government has said.launched on Wednesday, the Malaysian government did not mince its words when saying these eight persons were seeking to get rich at the expense of Malaysians.
On the Malaysian government's website, it highlighted that the Home Ministry had on April 6 issued an order — under Malaysia's laws against money laundering and against the financing of terrorism — against Fuad A. Kiram, who is one of the eight claimants. While Malaysia had been paying RM5,300 every year to those said to be Sultan Jamalul Kiram II's descendants in line with the inherited 1878 and 1903 agreements where the Sulu sultanate gave away its rights over land located in Sabah to a British company, the self-proclaimed Sultan Jamalul Kiram III abruptly ordered the RSF to intrude into Lahad Datu, Sabah in early 2013.
The arbitration award stated that the Sulu claimants spent more than US$3.5 million on fees and costs for their lawyers in UK, Spain and the Philippines and fees for experts, and US$2.3 million for the arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa's fees and over US$13,000 for the arbitration costs. "It is unclear as to whether Therium, or the claimant’s legal advisors, have undertaken due diligence into the true identity of Sulu claimants and their connections to the so-called Sulu Sultanate.
But Azalina said the Sulu claimants' claim was invalid and described it as an attempt by"foreigners financed by a litigation fund which is threatening a sovereign nation by misusing the international commercial arbitration process", stating Malaysia's firm rejection of the arbitrator and the award as invalid and also that Malaysia does not recognise the eight Sulu claimants as the legitimate heirs of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II.
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