Menteri besar Sanusi Nor said the final study on Kedah’s claim on Penang had been presented to the state government. PETALING JAYA : Kedah menteri besar Sanusi Nor has insisted that his state’s claim over Penang is nothing like the failed Sulu heirs’ bid for Sabah. Sanusi said the Kedah sultanate still exists, whereas the Sulu sultanate had long ceased to exist, Sinar Harian reported. “The Sulu issue is not within Malaysia, and the Sulu sultan no longer exists. Sanusi was responding to Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow who said the failed Sulu claim showed that historical assertions could not override constitutional sovereignty.