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Gordon: Issue in Recto Bank incident is that people are not supposed to be abandoned at sea

(Eagle News) — For Senator Richard Gordon, the issue is not whether or not the hitting by a Chinese vessel of a Filipino fishing boat near Recto Bank was accidental. According to Gordon, “the issue is people are not supposed to be abandoned at sea,” which means Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang, for him, missed the point. “The crux of the matter is you left the fishermen in peril of the sea. Under the […]