Pinasinungalingan ng Chinese Embassy ang umano’y “espionage and foreign-directed malign activities” na isinagasagawa ng China sa Pilipinas.

Kaugnay ito sa inilabas na pahayag ng National Security Council (NSC) kamakailan, kung saan ipinahayag nila na mayroon umanong “national security matter” na nagaganap, dahil sa pag-eespiya ng ilang taong naiiugnay umano sa bansang China.

“The National Security Council confirms the Rappler investigative report that government authorities have uncovered a serious national security matter involving espionage and foreign-directed malign activities in the country linked to the People’s Republic of China. The operations of these individuals acting on the behest of Chinese Intelligence have been addressed and terminated,” saad ng NSC.

Buwelta naman ng embahada ng China sa Pilipinas, malisyoso raw ang pahayag ng naturang ahensya.

“We firmly oppose and strongly deplore irresponsible remarks made by certain Philippine agencies peddling so-called ‘Chinese spy’ narratives. China follows the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs. Such accusations are malicious smears against China and yet another attempt to hype up the so-called ‘China threat’ rhetoric,” anang Chinese embassy sa ibinahagi nilang pahayag sa kanilang Facebook page noong Huwebes, Marso 5.

Anila, “For some time, the Philippines has fabricated a series of so-called ‘Chinese spy’ cases based on far-fetched allegations. This is a typical act of ill-intentioned association and politically motivated presumption of guilt in the absence of detailed information on the case and clear evidence. We firmly reject such practices.”

Binalikan din ng embahada ang isyu ng nasakoteng Mongolian—na base sa unang imbestigasyon ay may kaugnayan sa gobyerno ng China.

“A recent case is telling. Just last month, a Mongolian national was arrested over ‘suspected affiliation to China,’ only for it to be later clarified that the individual had no affiliation with China whatsoever. This fully demonstrates that rushing to judgment before the facts are fully ascertained is fundamentally flawed and runs counter to the basic principles of objectivity and fairness,” anila.

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Pagdidiin ng Chinese embassy, “mutual respect” ang pundasyon ng relasyon ng dalawang bansa. Kaya’t panawagan nila, tigilan na ang mga ganitong uri ng paninira at akusasyon laban sa kanila.

“Mutual respect is the foundation of China-Philippines relations. If certain individuals or agencies in the Philippines persist in hyping up anti-China sentiments and recklessly targeting anything related to China, it will only undermine the atmosphere of cooperation and ultimately backfire. We urge the relevant Philippine agencies to stop shadow-chasing and making groundless accusations and refrain from using so-called espionage claims as a pretext to disrupt normal people-to-people exchanges between the two countries and undermine the bilateral relations,” pagtatapos nila.

Samantala, wala pang tugon o pahayag na inilalabas ang NSC patungkol dito.

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