PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday he would not press China on a ruling by an UN-backed arbitration tribunal on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) despite Beijing’s alleged installation of weapons on artificial islands it had built in the disputed waters.

“In the play of politics, now, I will set aside the arbitral ruling,” Duterte told reporters during a news conference in Davao City after his state visits to Cambodia and Singapore.

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