• Panelo: Ties may be cut if…• China vows ‘serious’ probeMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over the sinking of a fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank on June 9, with the Chinese abandoning the Filipino fishermen in the sea. “The captain and the crew of the Chinese vessel should not have left the injured party without any assistance or succor. Locsin, meanwhile, stressed there’s no proof yet if the Chinese had intentionally hit the Filipino fishing boat. A diplomatic protest has already been filed – at least according to the DFA – but the coast guard is not yet ready to link the Chinese to the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat. “What happened out there was somewhat a case of hit and run because the erring fishing boat just sailed away after the collision.

Source: Philippine Star June 13, 2019 16:05 UTC