‘Sulu Sultan’ not giving up Sabah claim

Sulu Sultan Dr Ibrahim Bahjin Shakirullah II said he is not abandoning his claim to Sabah despite Malaysia’s recent rejection of the claim.

Bahjin said he has written to the United Nations office in Manila to respond to Malaysia’s note verbale to UN Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres.

“While it may sound right, as per Malaysia’s contention that the Philippines does not have the ascendancy to claim Sabah on behalf of the Sultanate of Sulu, it is an undeniable fact that Sabah still remains the territorial possession of the Sultanate of Sulu and the latter has all the rights to claim back her territorial possession,” the sultan said.

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