STATEMENT OF SENATOR PIMENTEL
ON THE ARREST OF CHINESE FISHERMEN ON TUBATAHA REEF

If the poachers were arrested within our waters, China should respect our processes.

It won't help China's image regionally or even internationally if it is seen bullying a small country like ours.

That said, we should stand our ground if our authorities indeed caught the poachers inside our domestic seas.

If not, then, they should be released.