KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The Malaysian government are hoping that the Madrid Court will, on December 11, sentence Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa, who is facing charges for “unqualified professional practice” after her controversially ordered Malaysia to pay USD14.92 billion to self-proclaimed heirs of the defunct Sulu Sultanate.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — Malaysia is in the process of obtaining an annulment of the purported final award of US$14.9 billion (RM62.59 billion) issued by a Spanish arbitrator, Dr Gonzalo Stampa in the case brought by the purported heirs of the Sulu Sultan, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — A series of wins by Malaysia at international courts against a group of Sulu individuals claiming to be descendants of the Sulu Sultanate prove that the government has successfully defended the country’s rights, property and sovereignty, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — Malaysia’s success in the legal dispute against the claims made by the purported heirs of the long-defunct Sulu Sultan in the Paris Court of Appeal yesterday proves that the country was right all along in defending its rights and sovereignty.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — The Paris Court of Appeal upheld Malaysia’s challenge against the partial award rendered on May 25, 2020 by Gonzalo Stampa in the case filed by eight citizens of the Philippines, who are purported heirs of the long-defunct Sultan of Sulu (claimants).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has received a report regarding actions taken against a group of people claiming to be the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate and who had submitted claims through a notice of arbitration in excess of US$32 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — The director-general of the Prime Minister's Department’s (JPM) Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU) Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud lodged a police report at the Putrajaya district police headquarters yesterday against a group of people claiming to be the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The government has set up a Special Secretariat to ensure discussions and coordination of issues on claims by the purported Sulu heirs could be done in a more systematic and organised manner by all parties involved, said Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Luxembourg court bailiffs issued fresh seizure orders for two units of Malaysian state oil firm Petronas this week, following a bid by descendants of a former sultanate to enforce a US$15 billion (RM66.4 billion) award they had won against Malaysia, according to the heirs' lawyer and court documents seen by Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The government spent about RM31 million on the handling of court cases, in four countries, in relation to the legal dispute filed by the Sulu group against Malaysia, from November 20, 2019, to January 20 this year.

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 5 — An individual claiming to be the heir of the Sulu sultanate disagrees with the actions of a group of individuals in taking the Sulu dispute to the Spanish Constitutional Court because they are not the legal heirs.

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 5 — There were individuals among those involved in the Sulu dispute and claims who allegedly played a role in the Lahad Datu incursion, Datu Omar Ali Datu Bachtiyal, who claims to be the rightful heir to the Sultanate of Sulu revealed.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 — A court in Luxembourg has issued a decision to lift the attachment (saisie arrêt) requested by individuals who claimed to be 'heirs' of the Sulu group, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

PUTRAJAYA, July 15 — The Cabinet, in its meeting yesterday, has agreed to set up a special task force to study, monitor and formulate an appropriate action plan based on the provision of the law to address the issue of claims by the so-called heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu, Sultan Jamalul Kiram II on Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The issue of the order issued by the Paris Court of Arbitration in France that compensation amounting to RM62.59 billion be paid to the Sulu Sultanate heirs recently will be brought up at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.