KOTA KINABALU: The decision by the Spanish Constitutional Court to throw out an appeal by the self-proclaimed heirs of the defunct Sulu sultanate to reinstate controversial Gonzalo Stampa as an arbitrator is proof that the claims had no basis, says Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
KOTA KINABALU: The decision by the Spanish Constitutional Court to throw out an appeal by the self-proclaimed heirs of the defunct Sulu sultanate to reinstate controversial Gonzalo Stampa as an arbitrator is proof that the claims had no basis, says Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor“We are very happy because the claims filed had been thrown out by the authorities in Spain and France,” he said when asked by reporters at an event here, Friday .
As a result of this decision, the HJCM retroactively invalidated Stampa’s appointment and nullified all his actions as a purported arbitrator, including the alleged “preliminary award” he had rendered in Madrid. Malaysia stopped paying the sultan of Sulu’s heirs their annual RM5,300 cession money since 2013 following the Lahad Datu armed incursion.
It added the sultan's initial claim was US$32.bil, which comprised unpaid cession money as well as how much they believed they were owed for oil and gas found in the region.
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