Previously, eight Filipino nationals claiming to be heirs of the now-defunct Sulu Sultanate filed arbitration proceedings in Spain to demand billions of US dollars from Malaysia over issues involving ...

The commission added that historical maps and treaties confirm that Palawan has always been part of the Philippine archipelago, first under the Sultanate of Sulu and later under the Spanish ...

The Madrid High Court has upheld its decision in 2021 to annul Gonzalo Stampa’s appointment as arbitrator in a case against Malaysia brought by the self-claimed heirs of the defunct Sulu sultanate.

Independent Malaysia had paid a token sum annually to the sultan’s heirs to honour the agreement but stopped in 2013, after supporters of the former sultanate launched a bloody incursion to try ...

On Friday, the Netherlands Supreme Court dismissed an appeal brought by seven descendants of a former sultanate who tried to claim a $14.92 billion award granted by a Spanish arbitrator through a ...

In a landmark decision, Malaysia has won a decisive victory against the so-called heirs of the long-defunct Sultanate of Sulu. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands dismissed the appeal by the ...

The case arose from a claim by individuals purporting to be the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu, seeking to enforce an arbitration award that Malaysia has consistently deemed illegitimate. This award ...

Heritage of colonial period- The Sulu Sultanate was founded in 1457 and maintained its rule until 1800s when English and Spanish colonial forces reached Malaysia.

KOTA KINABALU: The jail sentence against Spanish rogue arbitrator Dr Gonzalo Stampa proves that the claims of the so-called Sulu sultanate on Sabah had no basis from the start, says Datuk Seri ...

Resisting colonial rule: An anecdote of Borneo’s remaining sultanate Unlike other kingdoms across the Malay Archipelago, Brunei was among those that successfully resisted colonization and ...