Manila Times columnist Rigoberto D. Tiglao supports China's claim that the Philippines had an agreement with Beijing to remove the BRP Sierra Madre from the Ayungin Shoal in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Tiglao also criticizes Philippine media reports on Chinese fishing vessels' presence as fake news.
Manila Times columnist Rigoberto D. Tiglao has echoed China ’s claim that the Philippines had an agreement with Beijing to remove the BRP Sierra Madre from the Ayungin Shoal in the disputed West Philippine Sea , even if the Chinese government could not produce proof of such an agreement and Manila had denied there is no official record pertaining to it. In that article, Tiglao described as fake news the reports by various Philippine media outlets that the presence on Dec.
13 of several Chinese fishing vessels indicated an “invasion,” although he acknowledged those vessels “could be deputized as a naval militia in case they’re needed in some conflict.” He then went on to narrate, based on his own recollection, the circumstances leading to the Chinese occupation of Ayungin Shoal and nearby Mischief Reef
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