Manila plays catch up in explaining and expounding on the June 17 mission
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“We are not downplaying the incident. It was an aggressive and illegal use of force. It is a deliberate act of the Chinese officialdom to prevent us from completing our mission.
Yet, a week after the June 17 resupply mission, the complete picture of what happened from start to finish has yet to be made public.Those are questions for journalists to figure out. But they’re also questions for the security, defense, and military sectors to ponder. Meanwhile, the President’s sister, Senator Imee Marcos, announced she is set to hold a probe on the June 17 incident before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which she chairs.
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