KOTA KINABALU: Manila has distanced itself from the arbitration claim against Malaysia by the self-proclaimed Sulu Sultanate heirs, saying it is a private matter.
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles was quoted by the Philippine News Agency as saying that the proprietary claim by the heirs was "in the nature of a private claim".
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