The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China after an anchored Philippine fishing boat was hit by a Chinese vessel that abandoned 22 Filipino fishermen as the boat sank in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday night. “I fired off a diplomatic protest yesterday (Wednesday),” Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tweeted on Thursday in answer to a tweet from Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV suggesting that the Philippines refer the incident to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which counts both the Philippines and China as members.

Aning, J., Aurelio, J. M., Andrade, J. I., Santos, T. G., Gascon, M., & Ocampo, K. R. (2019, June 14). PH files protest vs China over boat sinking. Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. A1-A2-A3.