PARIS – France’shighest civil court on Nov 6 rejected an appeal by the heirs of a former sultan who sought nearly US$ 15 billion( S$ 20 billion) from Malaysia’sgovernment, drawing a line under a lengthy legal battle stemming from an 1878 land deal. Malaysia’s law minister described the ruling as a “ historic victory ”, while Mr Paul Cohen, a lawyer for the heirs, said they were disappointed by the decision as it made “ no sense ”....
Malaysia had been left stunned when the Filipino heirs of the
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