NSC: Philippines compiling evidence on new case vs China
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NSC: Philippines compiling evidence on new case vs China
MANILA – The Philippines is collecting evidence in filing a new case against China over Beijing's illegal actions in the West Philippine Sea, a security official said Monday.
MANILA – The Philippines is collecting evidence in filing a new case against China over Beijing's illegal actions in the West Philippine Sea, a security official said Monday.
Jonathan Malaya, assistant director general of the National Security Council, said the evidence will be submitted to the Department of Justice and Office of the Solicitor General for the country’s next legal action against China.
Jonathan Malaya, assistant director general of the National Security Council, said the evidence will be submitted to the Department of Justice and Office of the Solicitor General for the country’s next legal action against China.
“We’re currently collecting all the necessary evidence and information because the filing of another case, in particular an environmental case, of course, will require evidence and necessary data and information,” Malaya said in a media briefing.
“We’re currently collecting all the necessary evidence and information because the filing of another case, in particular an environmental case, of course, will require evidence and necessary data and information,” Malaya said in a media briefing.
He did not provide details as well as the government’s timeline on filing as “it is currently being assed” by the Justice department.
He did not provide details as well as the government’s timeline on filing as “it is currently being assed” by the Justice department.
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“It will depend on the gravity of the evidence because we will not go to court if we will not win,” he said.
“It will depend on the gravity of the evidence because we will not go to court if we will not win,” he said.
In the same briefing, the Philippine Coast Guard presented photographs taken from 2018 to 2019 showing alleged Chinese fishermen illegally harvesting giant clams, sting rays, topshells and sea turtles depleting the shoal's marine environment.
In the same briefing, the Philippine Coast Guard presented photographs taken from 2018 to 2019 showing alleged Chinese fishermen illegally harvesting giant clams, sting rays, topshells and sea turtles depleting the shoal's marine environment.
Malaya said there was a consensus among government agencies on the need to file another case against China over the destruction of coral reefs, including the harvesting of endangered giant clams.
Malaya said there was a consensus among government agencies on the need to file another case against China over the destruction of coral reefs, including the harvesting of endangered giant clams.
“Given itong mga ebidensya na nakalap natin mula pa noong 2016 hanggang ngayon, siguro po panahon na para magsampa ng isang panibagong kaso ang ating bansa,” he said.
“Given itong mga ebidensya na nakalap natin mula pa noong 2016 hanggang ngayon, siguro po panahon na para magsampa ng isang panibagong kaso ang ating bansa,” he said.
On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims in areas of the South China Sea that are part of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which have since been called the West Philippine Sea.
On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims in areas of the South China Sea that are part of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which have since been called the West Philippine Sea.
It also invalidated China's “nine-dash line,” where it had sweeping territorial claims over the disputed waters that were also claimed by other Southeast Asian nations such as Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei.
It also invalidated China's “nine-dash line,” where it had sweeping territorial claims over the disputed waters that were also claimed by other Southeast Asian nations such as Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei.
China neither accepts nor recognizes the ruling.
China neither accepts nor recognizes the ruling.
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