Luxembourg court grants interim relief to M’sia in Sulu heirs’ case: Azalina

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has been granted interim relief by the district court of Luxembourg over an ex parte exequatur order recognising the claims made against Putrajaya by the purported heirs to the sultan of Sulu.

In a statement, Law and Institutional Reform Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the court accepted Malaysia’s challenge after the claimants voluntarily omitted to reveal their real addresses, which was considered significant.

It also found that the claimants’ conduct had impeded the service of documents and the enforcement of potential judgment against them.

“According to the court, the claimants’ conduct constituted a ‘manifestly illicit hardship’ that is detrimental to Malaysia,” she said today.

The interim relief application, which was heard on December 5, is a temporary measure while Malaysia seeks to challenge the exequatur order before Luxembourg’s Court of Appeal. – The Vibes, January 30, 2023

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