Along with Filipino fishermen, they accused the Chinese leader of crime against humanity. That’s due to environmental damage in Xi’s artificial-island building in the South China Sea. From Xi’s reef destruction, hundreds of thousands of Filipino fishermen were deprived of livelihood source, del Rosario and Carpio Morales averred. Filipino fishermen and youths have staged protest voyages to the South China Sea, also called West Philippine Sea. Overseas Filipinos have been lobbying foreign governments for sympathy against China’s bullying of Filipino fishermen and oil explorers inside their own maritime jurisdiction.

Source: Philippine Star March 24, 2019 16:14 UTC