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 | | Thus, the sultanâs heirs maintain that Sabah was merely leased to the company while Malaysia states that the Philippines has no claim because Sabah had been sold to the British East India Trading Company. |
 | | The late Ambassador Abraham Rasul, wazir or prime minister to Sultan Ismail Kiram (and later wazir to Sultan Mahakuttah, son of Sultan Ismail), had been authorized to discuss the pursuit of the Sabah claim with President Diosdado Macapagal and, later, Ferdinand Marcos. |
 | | In 1962, Sultan Ismail Kiram and his Ruma Bichara (literally "House of Talk,", the equivalent to the Cabinet) transferred sovereign rights over Sabah to the Philippine government on condition that the government would pursue the claim. |
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