The director-general of the Prime Minister’s Department’s (JPM) Legal Affairs Division Khairul Dzaimee Daud yesterday lodged a police report against a group of people claiming to be the heirs of the Sulu sultanate.

The report was made following a claim filed by the group through a notice of arbitration submitted to the Malaysian government on July 30, 2019, involving an estimated claim exceeding US$32 billion (about RM148 billion).

“The director-general lodged this report because the claim is a threat to national security,” read a statement by the JPM special secretariat.

The statement also mentioned that following the Lahad Datu invasion, the Malaysian government declared the Royal Sulu Force as a terrorist entity involved in the tragedy in Sabah in 2013.

It stated that one of the claimants, Fuad A Kiram, was also classified as a terrorist under Section 66B of the Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 on April 6, 2023.

According to the statement, the objective of the police report filed at the Putrajaya district police headquarters was on elements of economic sabotage and threats to national security through the aggressive actions of the claimants believed to be complicit in abusing the international arbitration process.

Following the police report, it is believed that a criminal investigation will be initiated by the authorities to ensure the country’s peace, security, and stability, the statement read further.

- Bernama

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