MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker on Wednesday questioned if there is a connection between China’s donation of coronavirus vaccines and the latest incursion of Chinese fishermen manned by militia personnel in the West Philippine Sea.
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez said the sequence of events is curious, saying China’s donation of COVID-19 vaccines does not give it a license to violate the country’s’ territorial integrity.
“This sequence of events makes many of us wonder if there is a connection between the vaccine donation and China’s latest incursion in the West Philippine Sea, if we did not exchange marine resources for vaccine,” Rodriguez said in a statement.
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