Expel China envoy call mounts; Senate to probe wiretap

Calls to have Chinese diplomats in Manila expelled immediately have snowballed, with the Philippine Coast Guard and Senator Francis Tolentino pushing for punitive action if embassy officials are proven guilty of wiretapping.

PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea Commodore Jay Tarriela also backed the position of Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and National Security Adviser Secretary Eduardo Año for the expulsion of Chinese diplomats involved in the illegal recording. In filing Senate Resolution 1023, Tolentino noted that wiretapping is a very important and sensitive matter, and that the government should take appropriate actions to determine the extent of China’s interference in some of the country’s critical infrastructure that may undermine national security.

Representatives Rodge Gutierrez and Jonathan Keith Flores noted that China must be getting desperate.

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