Kota Kinabalu: Failure of the Sulu Sultanate to honour treaties that it signed led to its quick downfall and its sovereignty not even recognised within its homeland and the nation eventually choosing to become a republic.
Local history researcher Avtar Singh said this was a stark contrast with the Brunei Sultanate’s trustworthiness to honour treaties it signed until today.
Although its territorial sovereignty has been whittled down to a smaller size than its historical area on Borneo.
