INQToday: Filipino wife of detained Chinese: He鈥檚 not a spy
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
The wife of the Chinese national who was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation earlier this month for alleged espionage activities asserted on Monday that her husband was not a spy.
“[Deng Yuanqing] is not a spy. He has been living in the Philippines for a long time, over 10 years,” Noemi Deng said during a press briefing at Kamuning Bakery Cafe in Quezon City.
The body of a fisherman recovered by a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel patrolling off Zambales is being transported from the waters near Silanguin Island to Subic Bay.
Earlier, the PCG reported that BRP Cabra, which was monitoring an illegally operating Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel near Zambales, responded to a distress call from a Filipino fishing boat approximately 70 nautical miles southwest of Silanguin Island.
Article continues after this advertisementThe Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to grant Filipino citizenship to Chinese national Li Duan Wang, who is believed to have links to Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos).
At the chamber’s plenary session, House Bill No. 8839 was approved with 19 affirmative votes, one negative, and zero abstention.
