Lawyers for the alleged descendants of the last Sulu ruler Sultan Jamalul Kiram II denied Malaysia’s claim that the Spanish Constitutional Court rejected the claimants’ appeal over the nullification of the appointment of Gonzalo Stampa as their arbitrator.

The legal team from London-based law firm 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square also contended that it would seek to rectify a Luxembourg Court order that would have allowed the claimants to seize overseas Malaysian assets.

The Sulu claimants’ counsel was responding to Malaysian Law and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Othman Said’s three media statements in relation to the ongoing international legal tussle between Malaysia and the alleged royal heirs over unpaid lease payments for Sabah.

Reacting to Azalina's statement....