Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a 'suicide mission' if Beijing doesn't 'lay off' a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea
Hong Kong Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a"suicide mission" if Beijing doesn't"lay off" a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea.
Duterte's speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as 275 Chinese boats and ships had been spotted in recent months around Manila's Thitu Island in the Spratly Island chain."Let us be friends, but do not touch Pagasa Island and the rest," Duterte said, according to CNN Philippines, using the Philippine word Pagasa for Thitu. "If you make moves there, that's a different story.
Why it's so tense in the South China Sea 01:17Fishing vessels and naval shipsPhilippines armed forces spokesperson Edgard Arevalo cautioned on Monday that it was difficult to quantify how many ships are around the island at any one time, as Chinese vessels"come and go" from the area.
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