Malaysia to summon sultan's heirs in dispute over Paris properties

Malaysia said on Wednesday it will summon to court the descendants of a former sultan in a dispute involving three of the government's properties in Paris, following the heirs' efforts to enforce a US$15 billion (RM67 billion) arbitration award.

The Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu won the award in a French arbitration court last year in a dispute over a colonial-era land agreement, which independent Malaysia honoured until 2013, paying the descendants a token sum annually.

Malaysia, which did not participate in the arbitration, maintains the process was illegal and has obtained a stay on the ruling in France...