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Malaysia wins appeal against partial award in $15 billion claim by sultan's heirs

FILE PHOTO: A Malaysian flag flies outside Prime Minister's office, in Putrajaya, Malaysia September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

A Paris court has upheld the Malaysian government's challenge against enforcing a partial award to the heirs of a former sultan who won $15 billion in an arbitration over a colonial-era land deal, Malaysia said late on Tuesday.

The win for Malaysia implies the final award will be annulled and the descendants' efforts to seize Malaysian assets will end, the government said.

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