LAWSUIT TO QUASH THE CESSION OF SARAWAK
(N.Z.P.A.—Reuter— Copyright.)
(11 a.m.) LONDON, May 23. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council today authorised the ’ relatives of the “White Rajah” iof Sarawak to appeal against the refusal of the Brunei State Court to serve a summons—in connection with the transfer of Sarawak to Britain—outside the State's jurisdiction.
King's Counsel, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, said the suit was instituted in July 1948 in the State Court of Brunei by "the Rajah's brother and heir-pre-sumptive. Captain Bertram Brooke and Captain Brooke’s son, Mr. Anthony Brooke, who opposed the cession. Sir Charles Vvner-Brooke, the third “White Rajah" of the 50,000 squaremile territory, ceded Sarawak to the British Government on May 21, 1946. Sir Maxwell Fyi'e said the defendants were all residents in England and it was therefore necessary to serve the summons outside the jurisdiction of Brunei. “Leave was refused by the Resident in Brunei and his refusal was upheld by the Court of Appeal in the State,” he added.
The plaintiffs had asked for a declaration that the sovereignty of Sarawak was inalienable by Sir Vyner Brooke.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22954, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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