'Banggaan lang': Palace doubts PH boat collision with HK ship to hurt China ties

'Wala naman pong malaking implikasyon 'yan. Banggaan lang po 'yan,' says Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.

CAPSIZED. The upturned hull of Philippine fishing boat Liberty 5 spotted on June 28, 2020, after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship. Photo from the Philippine Coast Guardinvolving a Philippine fishing boat and a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Occidental Mindoro would affect ties with China.

"Wala po. Banggaan 'yan po sa ating karagatan, so ireresolba po 'yan sang-ayon sa batas ng admiralty,""Alam 'nyo po, ang rules ng banggaan sa karagatan, parehong-pareho rin po 'yan ng rules na ina-apply 'pag may banggaan sa kalye. Wala naman pong malaking implikasyon 'yan.

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