President Duterte had nothing to say about a report that Chinese Navy ships had allegedly harassed a Filipino fishing boat carrying some journalists who were heading to a Philippine-occupied shoal in the West Philippine Sea, waters within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), according to his spokesperson.
Harry Roque on Friday said Malacaang would “defer” to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of National Defense (DND) to comment on the latest incident involving Filipinos and Chinese after Manila protested against the presence of over 200 vessels belonging to China’s maritime militia at a reef within the country’s EEZ.
Sea ‘chase’
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