MANILA, Philippines — China treating the Philippines “as its toilet” clearly violates both international and local environmental laws and should serve as the administration’s “wake up call” to the “stinking reality” of Beijing’s disrespect of Manila’s territorial rights, Senator Grace Poe said Tuesday.
In a statement, Poe said the government should “strongly condemn” and “demand the immediate cessation of any waste-dumping activities in the area.”
“Anything less would be unacceptable…We can only hope that this comes as a wake-up call to the administration on the stinking reality that China gives no respect to international law, whether it be our territorial or environmental…
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