Sultan’s heirs fail with bid to challenge French ruling in dispute with Malaysia

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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s highest civil court on Wednesday rejected an appeal lodged by the heirs of a former sultan, drawing a line under a years-long legal battle with the state of Malaysia.

The Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu won a $14.9 billion award in a French arbitration court in 2022 in a long-running dispute over a colonial-era land deal, prompting them to go after Malaysian assets.

But a Paris court later upheld the Malaysian government’s challenge against enforcing a partial award. The Cour de Cassation on Wednesday confirmed the decision.

(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Alison Williams)

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