A “big” commercial vessel, apparently of Chinese origin, rammed a Philippine fishing boat on July 7 and abandoned it, leaving two brothers in the high seas off Masinloc, Zambales, Sen. Francis Tolentino said Tuesday.
Sen. Francis Tolentino waves a copy of an update report of the Philippine Coast Guard, which has been searching for filipino fisherman Jose Mondonedo since July 7, when a Chinese commercial fishing boat rammed their small fishing boat off Zambales. Jose’s brother Roberto was rescued by a passing Philippine boat, but Jose remains missing. Tolentino is seeking an investigation. SENATE PRIB PHOTO
In a hastily called briefing, the Majority Leader said the Philippine Coast Guard chief, Admiral Gaban reported to him that the search by the PCG’s multirole rescue vessels was ongoing for one of the fishermen, Jose Mondonedo. The other one, Robert, was rescued by a passing vessel earlier. Gaban informed Tolentino the Coast Guard had been searching for. Jose Mondonedo since July 7, when he alerted them about the incident.
According to information pieced together by Tolentino from witnesses, the family of the victims and San Marcelino, Zambales council Lee Aquino, the “big” vessel with the name Yang Fu, in Chinese characters, had hit the Mondonedo brothers’ smaller boat, then “tied to a payaw ” but went on its way despite what happened.Butch Fernandez is BusinessMirror’s senior political reporter based at the Senate.
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