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August 9, 2022

On the Sabah issue: Sen. Robinhood Padilla, in a privilege speech Tuesday, August 9, 2022, appealed to the government to give attention to the descendants of the last Sultan of Sulu in getting $14.92 billion in "rent" from Malaysia, following their victory before the French arbitration court. Padilla noted Malaysia had been paying the Sultan of Sulu’s heirs an annual payment since 1963 but stopped in 2013 after an incident in Lahad Datu. "Bilang mga Pilipino, karapat-dapat na tulungan ng buong kapangyarihan ng ating pamahalaan ang mga tagapagmana ng Sultanato ng Sulu katulad ng pagtulong nito sa kahit sinong mamamayan sa loob at labas ng bansa (As Filipinos, the heirs of Sulu Sultanate deserve all the government's efforts to help them)," he said. (Joseph Vidal/Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate PRIB)

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