Locsin said the Coast Guard investigation established that the fishermen did not assign a lookout while they slept. | dpazzibuganINQ
The cook who happened to be awake at the time had a small light that might not have been enough to warn the oncoming Chinese trawler.Locsin, however, stressed that there was “no question” that the Chinese vessel abandoned the Filipino fishermen in the open sea in the dark, an act that he denounced as a “felony” at a United Nations meeting in New York on June 17.
“And then he looked up again — this is based on interviews so this is not made up — and then he said it’s coming closer. And then he looked up again and said, ‘My gosh it’s gotta hit,’ and he shouted,” Locsin said. “There was no alleged. They left. I think they backed up and then they went. That’s why I spoke in the United Nations. And when I spoke I did not emphasize the allision,” Locsin said, adding that he thanked Vietnam for helping the Filipino fishermen.
The embassy’s claim was belied by responders from the Philippine Coast Guard who immediately went to the site and took the Filipino fishermen from their Vietnamese rescuers.While he discussed the contents of the report, Locsin said he would not show it to anyone. “Allision” is a maritime term that means the striking by one ship of another that is stationary, as distinguished from “collision,” which means two moving vessels striking each other.
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