The decision of the Dutch courts to dismiss a bid by eight descendants of the Sulu sultanate to enforce a US$14.9 billion (RM69.5 billion) arbitration award against Malaysia will likely have an impact on other parts of the world.

In a statement, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Said Othman said the decision by the Dutch Court of Appeals confirms Malaysia's position that the sham arbitration award should never have taken place and the final arbitration award was null and void...