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Locsin on Chinese embassy recent statement on Recto Bank incident: China “can say what it wants” since “it is a free world”

(Eagle News)–For Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin, China “can say what it wants” about the incident near Recto Bank. “It is a free world,” Locsin said in a Tweet. In the Philippines’ case, though, Locsin said “we speak from the law of the sea.” “But still everyone’s free,” he said. Locsin issued the statement after the Chinese embassy admitted a Chinese vessel had hit a Filipino fishing boat on June 9 but added seven or […]