LAW and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Othman Said has upped the ante on the Sulu heirs, saying the Malaysian government will fight the case to the end.

But she wants the group to pay the costs.

A quick hit back at the Sulu heirs would be to enforce the order to pay the cost of the proceedings made by the Dutch and French courts.

It is unknown if the Dutch court has ordered the plaintiffs to pay. However, the Paris Court of Appeal has ordered the Sulu heirs to pay the costs of the proceedings. It has also ordered the Sulu heirs to pay Malaysia the sum of €100,000 (RM510,000) under article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.

Let’s beat the Sulu heirs at their own game. – July 1, 2023.

* Hafiz Hassan reads The Malaysian Insight.

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