It is wrong for Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun to cite sub judice as the reason for rejecting a motion to debate the seizure of Petronas assets by purported heirs of the Sulu sultanate, lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla said.

Taking to social media, Haniff said the rule is not applicable in Malaysia as the arbitration proceedings were conducted in other jurisdictions, namely the supreme court in Madrid, Spain, and subsequently by a French arbitration court.