The US government understands the rule of law. The China
government understands only the rule of dictatorship and bullying.
I am reposting this fb post by a friend, Dr. Jay Batongbacal of UP College of Law, June 15 at 1:26 PM:
After the minesweeper USS Guardian ran aground on
Tubbataha Reef, the US apologized, conducted an investigation, fired the USN
senior command officers, paid for removal of the wreck, and paid compensation
for the damage.
After the destroyer USS Stethem ran into an unlighted
Philippine fishing boat in Subic Bay, causing it to capsize and sink, the ship
stopped and rescued the fishermen. The US conducted an investigation, fired the
USN captain in command, and paid the fishermen compensation for the damage.
These were US Navy ships, so not only did they fly the US
flag, they were also direct agents of the US Government.
Now, we have a presumably private Chinese fishing vessel
that is supposedly not in government service. It clearly ran through and sunk a
Philippine fishing boat, and abandoned the fishermen to fend for themselves and
possibly die. And the PRC Government's reaction is to try to pin the blame on
alleged unidentified "Filipino fishing boats."
Which one do you think acts more like a friendly,
credible and responsible maritime power?
------------Also a good observation from another friend, Atty. From Lorenzo B. Ziga, fb post yesterday:
There is a virtual chorus of government officials
mitigating as unintentional how a Chinese vessel rammed into fishing boat
manned by 22 Pinoy fishermen from Mindoro and sailing away post haste leaving
them trashing about desperately in the depths of Recto Bank at midnight.
Next thing we hear may be is that the 22 fishermen
actually decided to take a midnight swim.
This is about the same as saying The Japanese Imperial
Army did not intend to invade the Philippines in 1941 but were really on an
extended goodwill tour.
Locsin on PH boat
sinking: 'Fuck the international community'
Paterno Esmaquel II
Published 12:26 PM, June 13, 2019 Updated 5:36 PM, June 18, 2019
Locsin says
sinking of Philippine boat a case of ‘allision’ not collision
Published June 13, 2019, 8:34 PM By Roy Mabasa
Navy rebuffs
China: PH boat sinking 'not normal accident'
Paterno Esmaquel II
Published 4:21 PM, June 14, 2019 Updated 7:17 PM, June 15, 2019
Embassy denies
‘hit-and-run’, says Chinese boat ‘besieged’ by Pinoy boats
Sunstar Sunstar15
June 2019
Ramming of PHL
boat in Recto Bank unintentional —DOE's Cusi
Published June 16, 2019 1:33pm
DA chief Piñol
calls on those spreading false info about Recto Bank incident to stop
Published June 17, 2019 12:04pm
By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Go unconvinced
China ship purposedly hit PH boat
By: Marlon Ramos - Reporter / 09:17 PM June 17, 2019
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/176456/go-unconvinced-china-ship-purposedly-hit-ph-boat
'Parang balewala
lang': Fisherman laments Duterte remark on Chinese 'hit-and-run'
Posted at Jun 18 2019 08:38 AM | Updated as of Jun 18
2019 09:05 AM
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/18/19/parang-balewala-lang-fisherman-laments-duterte-remark-on-chinese-hit-and-run
Vietnamese media
reports rescue of 'hungry, quivering' Filipino fishers
June 18, 2019 - 8:35pm
All gestures, no
words as Vietnamese fishermen saved 22 Filipinos
By Hoang Nam June
18, 2019 | 05:04 pm GMT+7
Duterte Stands by
China, Doubts Own Fishermen in Sea Collision
By Andreo Calonzo
June 18, 2019, 5:00 AM GMT+8 Updated on June 18, 2019,
1:51 PM GMT+8
Filipinos burn
Chinese flags in protest against Duterte’s ‘weak’ response to South China Sea
sinking
Jeoffrey Maitem Published:
7:37pm, 18 Jun, 2019
Related:
Philippine
fishermen protest Chinese harvesting of giant clams on Scarborough Shoal in
further South China Sea dispute
Jeoffrey Maitem
Agence France-Presse
Published: 6:11pm, 14 Jun, 2019
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3014561/philippine-fishermen-protest-chinese-harvesting-giant
See also:
China Watch 33, US' 25% tariff on $200 B of CN exports, May 07, 2019
China Watch 34, Beijing vs HK people on extradition bill, June 11, 2019
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