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“The OSG will wait for a full investigation report. Based on initially available evidence, however, it appears that the subject collisions were intentional acts on the part of China,” Guevarra told GMA News Online.“Being intentional, they are wrongful, because they consciously disregard the relevant provisions of the UN charter, the UNCLOS, the COLREGS, the SOLAS, and the PCA arbitral award of July 2016,” he added.
Dismissing China's demand to remove a grounded Philippine vessel from the Ayungin Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said the BRP Sierra Madre was a permanent military station tasked to "protect and secure Philippine rights and interests in the West Philippine Sea."