Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy has echoed an Umno leader’s call to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to address claims by the descendants of the Sulu sultanate.

“I quite agree with Umno vice-president (Mohamed Khaled Nordin) that the proper approach should be by way of setting up an RCI.

“An RCI might be an effective mechanism (which would) not just address the exorbitant claims made by the descendants, but also...