Title:

 Ahead of Duterte's China visit, Chinese shipowner apologizes over Recto Bank allision

Author:

ABS CBN News

Source:

ABS CBN News

Date:

August 28, 2019 

Description:

The shipowner of the Chinese fishing boat involved in the Reed Bank allision incident has apologized, but maintained the incident was "accidental." In a memorandum addressed to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, the unnamed Chinese company, through an association, apologized for the June 9 incident where a Chinese vessel rammed an anchored Filipino fishing boat and left its fishers at sea.