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With the escalating tensions between the United States (U.S.) and China following the visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, a Filipino Facebook (FB) page published a video erroneously […]
The misleading clip appeared a day after Pacquiao’s Jan. 28 interview with Abunda, where one of the issues discussed was the country’s territorial dispute with China over the West Philippine Sea.
Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wrongly claimed that the Philippines filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against China for its incursions into the West Philippine Sea.
Mali ang sinabi ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na nagsampa ng reklamo ang Pilipinas sa International Criminal Court (ICC) laban sa China dahil sa mga biglang pagpasok nito sa West Philippine Sea.
Rosario Manalo, Philippine expert to the UN’s CEDAW, has made no such claim.
Eleven of the 26 prisoners in the image were later executed for various crimes.
Duterte has said no such thing.
The 16-minute video’s content, composed of two clips, also did not support the claim in its headline.
The clip, being passed off as “breaking news”, spliced a recent news report with a 2017 statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on the country’s territorial dispute with China.
There was no reference to Russia getting angry at China over the territorial dispute.