KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (NNN-Bernama) — Sabah will never be ceded to or come under the control of the Philippines, and the Malaysian Government will always defend the integrity of its territorial sovereignty,\u00a0 Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department (Parliament and Law) Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar stressed Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said this to clarify and expand upon his reply to a question posed in Parliament on Oct 6 in respect of the ongoing arbitral dispute, known as the Sulu Claim, between the purported heirs to the defunct Sulu Sultanate and the Malaysian Government, in which he said the Sulu claim was a private claim and had nothing to do with the question of sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo clarify, my answer was in relation to whether there is any chance that Sabah could, as a result of the unlawful Paris Award, become part of the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet me say again that this is not possible. Sabah will never be ceded to or come under the control of the Philippines, and the Federal Government stands by and will always defend the integrity of Malaysia\u2019s territorial sovereignty,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unlawful Paris Award was handed down by arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa on Feb 28, 2022, and purportedly awarded the Sulu claimants a sum of USD14.92 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen I said that the Paris Award was a result of a private claim, it was a statement meaning that the claim was made by private individuals (the purported heirs of the defunct Sulu Sultan) and not by the Government of the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFurther, when I stated that the Sulu Claim and the purported Paris Award were not related to the question of sovereignty, that statement was in the context of territorial sovereignty \u2013 that is whether or not there was a chance that Sabah could ever be handed over to the Philippines,\u201d the minister reiterated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wan Junaidi said the Sulu Claim is an attack on and an infringement of Malaysia\u2019s sovereign and economic interests abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Sulu Claimants are using the arbitral process which is a private international law mechanism to attack Malaysia\u2019s sovereign interests abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is not only an abuse of process but is, an assault on Malaysia\u2019s sovereignty and sovereign interests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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