'The accusation against the Philippines by so-called 'Chinese experts' is false and a classic misdirection. It is China who has been found to have caused irreparable damage to corals,' Malaya said.
This file photo taken on March 29, 2014 shows a Philippine Navy vessel that has been grounded since 1999 to assert the nation's sovereignty over the Second Thomas Shoal, a remote South China Sea reef also claimed by China .
Malaya said that China's destruction of the marine environment has been established by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which ruled in 2016 that China built a large artificial island on Mischief Reef , inflicted "permanent, irreparable harm" to the coral habitat of Mischief Reef , and and commenced large-scale island building and construction work in Cuarteron Reef , Fiery Cross Reef , Gaven Reef , Johnson Reef , Hughes Reef , and Subi Reef .
In February, researchers who studied coral reef damages in the disputed waters found that China’s island building efforts wrecked around 4,000 acres of coral reef in the area, on top of the over 16,000 acres of coral reef damaged from Chinese fishers' giant clam harvesting. A reward of P10 million is being offered for information leading to the arrest of Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo...
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