Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Año calls on the foreign affairs department to ‘take appropriate action,’ after diplomats from the Chinese embassy claimed to possess a recording of a phone call with a Philippine naval officer.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/ano-wants-expulsion-chinese-diplomats-malign-influence-interference-operations/
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00:00 Philippine National Security Advisor Eduardo Año calls on the Foreign Affairs Department to take appropriate action
00:07 after diplomats from the Chinese Embassy claimed to possess a recording of a phone call with a Philippine Naval Officer
00:13 He says, "Those responsible for these malign, influence, and interference operations must be removed from the country immediately"
00:21 He adds, "The Chinese Embassy's repeated acts of engaging in and dissemination of disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation
00:29 should not be allowed to pass unsanctioned or without serious penalty"
00:33 On Thursday, the Philippines reminded diplomats they should strictly adhere to the Vienna Convention and respect the laws of their host governments
00:41 The Chinese Embassy in Manila earlier gave two local publications snippets of the purported recording of a phone call
00:48 In it, Philippine Western Command Chief Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos and a Chinese diplomat
00:53 explicitly agreed to a so-called "new model" to handle tensions in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea