A fabricated warning supposedly relayed by a Philippine military official to an archbishop claimed the Catholic-majority archipelago was readying for war as tensions escalated in the South China Sea. The same message has been circulating online since at least 2016 and was 'fake' according to a military spokesman.
A fabricated warning supposedly relayed by a Philippine military official to an archbishop claimed the Catholic-majority archipelago was readying for war as tensions escalated in the South China Sea. The same message has been circulating online since at least 2016 and was"fake" according to a military spokesman. The purported archbishop named in the posts did not exist, the assembly of Catholic bishops in the Philippines separately told AFP.
It included a screenshot appearing to show a conversation on Facebook Messenger that said in part:"The AFP is currently on red alert because of China's anger." It added war equipment from France, the United States and Japan were arriving at the Clark military base north of Manila to aid the Philippines in case of war.Chinese coast guard personnel wielding knives, sticks and an axe foiled the Filipino navy's attempt to resupply marines stationed on a derelict warship that sits atop Second Thomas Shoal.
It was the latest and most serious incident in a series of escalating confrontations between China and the Philippines in recent months as Beijing stepped up efforts to push its claims to nearly all of the strategically located waterway.
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