Tommy Thomas: Arbitration agreement absence 'should have been end of matter' in Malaysia's US$15b dispute with heirs of late Sulu Sultan

"[As such,] that (no agreement to arbitrate) should have been the end of matter [in Malaysia's dispute with heirs of the late Sultan of Sulu]," Thomas told reporters here on Monday. Thomas had earlier spoken at a forum on the claims by the heirs of the late Sultan of Sulu. It was reported that the arbitration subsequently proceeded in France, which ruled in March 2022 that Malaysia must pay the claimants US$14.9 billion based on the 1878 Grant of Lease. That should have been the end of matter," Thomas said. Read also:Explaining the Sulu claimParis Court allows Malaysia’s bid to temporarily stop Sulu Sultanate’s ‘heirs’ from enforcing US$14.9b arbitration winPetronas’ Luxembourg units seized by Sultan of Sulu 'heirs' — report