The UTC has claimed to be the “rightful custodians of the Sultanate of Sulu Territory” over Sabah and asked the Malaysian government to immediately pay US$15 billion as “cession money.” ...

Mohd Noor also fully supports the Malaysian government's decision to stop the annual payment of RM5,300 to the group claiming to be the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu following the 2013 attack.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia secured a landmark victory against the purported heirs of the long-defunct Sultanate of Sulu at the Paris Court of Appeal. The court has upheld Malaysia’s challenge ...

In 1878, the sultan of Sulu, who owned Sabah, signed a "permanent lease" agreement with the British North Borneo Company, which the sultan's heirs to this day interpret as a lease, while Malaysia ...

In the Sabah issue in the 1960s, Sabah was owned by the royal sultanate of Sulu for a long time, Malaysia was paying rent to the Philippines. We tried to get it and claim it as our own,” Ruiz said.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), in a three-page legal opinion, said the petition filed by the United Tausug Citizens of the Sultanate of Sulu (UTC) was moot and academic following a recent ...

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 ...