PETALING JAYA: France’s highest civil court has rejected an appeal lodged by self-proclaimed descendants of the Sulu ...
Manila bases its claim to Sabah on an 1878 treaty between a Sultanate of the Sulu Islands and British colonists. The Sultanate of Sulu ruled parts of Mindanao in the southern Philippines and parts ...
The legal case brought by Sulu Sultanate heirs against Malaysia highlights the unexpected links between present day tensions and European colonialism in Southeast Asia. A French court's recent ...