MANILA: Self-proclaimed Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III may be extradited to Malaysia to face charges over the actions of his followers but the Philippines wants him to be tried in his own country first.
A report in the Filipino online portal Rappler.com quoted Philippine President Benigno Aquino III as saying: “Let our citizens here in the country face the charges that we will be proffering first, then we will talk about other developments after they have satisfied the requirements of our laws.”
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