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Locsin on China’s version of Reed Bank incident — ‘Noted. Next’

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/06/15/20181019-sfa-teddy-locsin-asem-mnib-15.jpg"/><figcaption>Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said government will move forward with the military&#x27;s version of the incident.<em> File/Malacañang Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—&quot;Noted. Next.&quot;</p><p>This was the response of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to China&#x27;s statement that it did not abandon 22 Filipino fishermen after sinking their ship near Reed Bank last Sunday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/14/19/no-hit-and-run-beijing-denies-boat-abandoned-pinoy-fishermen-near-reed-bank">&#x27;No hit-and-run&#x27;: Beijing denies boat abandoned Pinoy fishermen near Reed Bank</a></li></ul><p>In a tweet, Locsin said government will move forward with the military&#x27;s version of the incident.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Or &quot;NOTED. NEXT.&quot; And we press on with our military&#x27;s version. I don&#x27;t trust civilians on security issues; our military can never be our enemy; civilians on the other hand well… A soldier is a civilian with a steel backbone. A civilian is just that—a civilian. <a href="https://t.co/xM96RaKF9u">https://t.co/xM96RaKF9u</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1139820827551997953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Armed Forces&#x27; Western Command earlier said the incident was &quot;far from accidental&quot; and likened it to a &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/12/19/chinese-ship-sinks-ph-vessel-abandons-22-pinoy-fishermen">hit and run</a>.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/14/19/pinoy-fishermen-in-chinese-vessel-hit-and-run-to-return-home">Philippine boat captain asserts: &#x27;Binangga, tinakasan kami&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Beijing, through its embassy in Manila, however, said the captain of the Chinese ship tried to save the fishermen but was &quot;afraid of being besieged by other Filipino fishing boats.&quot;</p><p>The foreign affairs chief said he has ordered the Philippine Embassy in London to appeal to the UK-based International Maritime Organization.</p><p>&quot;Was in Geneva; now at UN. Proper official response to Chinese version—whether it changes or changes back or whatever—is simply: &quot;NOTED&quot;. Kiko was on to something. China is free to do the same. We press on with our version. I authorized London PE to appeal to IMO in London,&quot; he said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Was in Geneva; now at UN. Proper official response to Chinese version—whether it changes or changes back or whatever—is simply: &quot;NOTED&quot;. Kiko was on to something. China is free to do the same. We press on with our version. I authorized London PE to appeal to IMO in London.</p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1139816827666800643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Locsin was referring to Sen. Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan, who called the Chinese version of the incident &quot;as fake as its territorial claims.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/15/19/hontiveros-alejano-blast-china-for-preposterous-ridiculous-claim-on-sea-ramming-incident">Opposition lawmakers blast China for &#x27;preposterous,&#x27; &#x27;ridiculous&#x27; claim on sea ramming incident</a></li></ul><p>In its statement to IMO, the embassy urged member states of the organization and the United Nations to &quot;put a premium on protecting life at sea in cases of maritime distress.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Our statement at the International Maritime Organization 14 June 2019. <a href="https://t.co/qf59j1Coov">pic.twitter.com/qf59j1Coov</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1139825687659859968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China over the incident.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/19/ph-files-diplomatic-protest-vs-china-over-west-ph-sea-hit-and-run">PH files diplomatic protest vs China over West PH Sea ‘hit and run’</a></li></ul>

<p>Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said government will move forward with the military's version of the incident.</p>

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said government will move forward with the military's version of the incident.