MANILA, Philippines --- Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said it is a felony to abandon people in distress following the incident in the West Philippine Sea where 22 Filipino fishermen were left at sea for hours after a Chinese vessel reportedly rammed their fishing boat. The country's top diplomat made this pronouncement before an international audience at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York on Monday. "The rescue of persons in distress is a universally recognized obligation of people and governments; and in civil law and, maybe even in common law, it is a felony to abandon people in distress, especially when we cause that...
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