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Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Sunday called for an investigation to identify and hold accountable the so-called “Makabagong Makapili” officials responsible for recruiting and facilitating the entry of at least 36 Chinese nationals as members of the Philippine Coast Guard’s Auxiliary Corps.
“We also do not know if those Chinese nationals are officials from the China People’s Liberation Army, businessmen, or tourists out to justify their longer stay here in our country,” he said. “In more than three years that they have been part of the PCG, they probably have Chinese military spies with them, and they have allknown the strategies, missions and objectives, communications gadgets, and duties and functions of all the officers of the PCG and others,”Barbers said.
“We have no solid basis to accuse them of being Chinese spies. We also had a vetting process when they applied. They have been helping the Coast Guard for a long time but for humanitarian assistance and donations only,” he said.
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