Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday raised the possibility of bringing before the United Nations the case of the China Coast Guard personnel driving away the crew of Reporter’s Notebook from the Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. He said if the situation escalated to a certain level he might prefer to go the UN to settle the issue. “I prefer to respond when the occasion arises in the United Nations,” Locsin said in an interview over GMA.

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