PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants to uncover the full extent of the operations of the five Chinese nationals arrested by authorities for allegedly conducting spying activities, which compromised the country’s response in the West Philippines Sea (WPS).
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants to uncover the full extent of the operations of the five Chinese nationals arrested by authorities for allegedly conducting spying activities, which compromised the country’s response in the West Philippines Sea .
Last Wednesday, the National Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of the five Chinese nationals for supposedly setting up closed-circuit television cameras in Palawan to monitor the movement of Philippine Coast Guard ships which were deployed in the WPS. “We are still—the investigative services are still developing more information to see exactly what these five have been—what operations they have been doing while they have been here in the Philippines,” Marcos said.
“These foreign nationals, who were placed under surveillance following the earlier another Chinese national and his local accomplices, were found to be conducting aerial reconnaissance and collecting imagery intelligence on Philippine naval assets.” NSC chief, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said.
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