The heirs are the descendants of the Sultan of Sulu, who entered into a deal in 1878 with a colonial British trading company to exploit resources in his territory. Source link
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Heirs – Philippine nationals – are said to be successors to Sultan of Sulu, who entered a colonial deal in 1878 with a British firm to exploit resources; lawyers say many Malaysian government-owned assets in 169 nations are eligible in order to enforce the payment. Source link
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Rescuers searching waters after a fishing vessel and cargo ship collided; 13 of the 20 crew members were picked up by another boat. Source link
Read More »Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines praise ‘anti-kidnapping’ naval patrols
Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have lauded the success of a 2017 agreement to conduct joint patrols and share intelligence about activities in waters in their region once prone to kidnappings, and pledged to deepen the pact.The defence ministers of the three countries praised the Trilateral Cooperation Agreement (TCA) after …
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