KOTA KINABALU: The final landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in dismissing the appeal by Sulu claimants is good news for Sabah and Malaysia, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
"The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Malaysia, hence putting an end to the claim which Sabah has never recognised in the first place," he said in a statement.
Hajiji reaffirmed that Sabah's sovereignty in Malaysia should not be doubted and challenged by anyone.
He was responding to the statement by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said that the decision by the the Supreme Court of the Netherlands had closed the chapter on the claimants' attempts to enforce their illegitimate claims on Malaysia.