She is a Member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Pengerang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

The Japan Times called her a figure at the "forefront of several large and international headline-grabbing developments — including the scrapping of the country's mandatory death penalty and a June victory in a protracted legal battle that has come to be known as the "Sulu case".

[7] Azalina also called on the Sulu claimants to take their claims to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) if they had valid proof of their ancestry, saying the case was not commercial in nature but "one of sovereignty".

[13] The ruling highlighted irregularities in the arbitration process led by Gonzalo Stampa and raised concerns about practices such as forum shopping and unregulated litigation funding in European courts.

[16][17] Keith Ellison, former vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Minnesota attorney general, pointed out that the case highlighted the enormous scope for "corruption," irresponsible profiteering, and foreign influence operations to subvert arbitration proceedings".

[18] Following Malaysia's legal victory in the French Court, Paul Cohen argued that the ruling allows the Sulu heirs to lease Sabah to other nations, such as China and the Philippines.

Cohen also suggested that accepting the French court's decision implies recognition of the Sulu Sultanate descendants' sovereignty over Sabah, which Malaysia disputes.

[19] In response, Azalina dismissed Cohen's statements as baseless and reaffirmed Sabah's status as part of Malaysia, citing historical and legal foundations such as the Cobbold Commission and the 1963 referendum.