Philippine ship damage, injury to crew ‘irresponsible behavior,’ says US defense secretary

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“We’ve been very clear to everyone, to include Beijing, that the kind of behavior that we’ve seen, where Filipino crews are put in danger… sailors have been injured and property damaged, that is irresponsible behavior,” Austin told a joint press conference in Hawaii. Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro refused to speculate about the conditions in which Manila might invoke the treaty, saying that would be a “political decision”.

The Scarborough Shoal, a prime fishing patch used by several countries, has been occupied by China for more than a decade and has been flashpoint between the Philippines and China on and off for years.

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