Duterte threatens 'suicide mission' if Beijing oversteps in South China Sea

[TomSea]

Duterte threatens 'suicide mission' if Beijing oversteps in South China Sea
CNN Digital Expansion 2017
By Ben Westcott and Brad Lendon, CNN

Hong Kong (CNN)Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a "suicide mission" if Beijing doesn't "lay off" a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea.

Duterte's speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as 275 Chinese boats and ships had been spotted in recent months around Manila's Thitu Island in the Spratly Island chain.

"Let us be friends, but do not touch Pagasa Island and the rest," Duterte said, according to CNN Philippines, using the Philippine word Pagasa for Thitu.

Read more at: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/asia/south-china-sea-duterte-beijing-intl/index.html

[berdie]

I agree...it would be a suicide mission.