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‘So much at stake if we fail to prosecute’
The head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office said Wednesday that criminal charges must be filed against the coastguards involved in the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9 or the Philippines will face an economic fallout.
And its failure to do so as recommended by the NBI could be the breaking point in Philippine-Taiwan relations, MECO Chairman Amadeo Perez said.
He said the Taiwanese people would be in an uproar, and the 85,000 Filipinos working in Taiwan would be in danger of losing their jobs.
“I have nothing against the Coast Guard,” Perez said in an interview over the ANC news channel.
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