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PUTRAJAYA: In a bid to counter disinformation, the Malaysian government has set up a website to disseminate accurate and truthful information in relation to the ongoing legal dispute filed by the Sulu group against Malaysia.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Legal and Institutional Reform), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the website supplies information from verified sources such as historical documents, court proceedings, claimants’ attempts, related articles and government measures.

“This website will become an official platform for Malaysians and media practitioners (local and international) to obtain the latest development and facts in the ongoing arbitration dispute,” she said in a media briefing yesterday.

According to Azalina, the website is available in five languages: English, Bahasa Malaysia, French, Spanish and Tagalog.

Azalina again called into question the legitimacy of the purported claimants, saying it is still undetermined whether the group were true descendants of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II to this date.

“Moreover, the claimants are going against the wishes of Sabahan to join Malaysia in 1963 as previously reported by the Cobbold Commission,” she said.