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LAST week's column provoked a flurry of questions: If the heirs of the Sultanate were supposed to receive only $5,300 per year and payment was discontinued only in 2012, why did the Spanish arbitrator mandate a payment of $14.9 billion to the heirs to the Sultanate? Was Malaysia given the right to be heard? Isn't Malaysia immune from suit? Should the Philippines file a case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to help the heirs?

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