China urges Philippine military to refrain from ‘malicious accusations’ over drugs trade
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“China has the toughest resolve and policy against drugs and we have one of the best counternarcotics track records in the world,” the Chinese embassy said.
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HONG KONG – The Chinese embassy in the Philippines on June 26 urged “certain individuals within the Philippine military” to refrain from “malicious accusations” after a Philippine military spokesman linked China to a recent influx of drugs.
“It is not far-fetched that this be another effort of the Chinese Communist Party to destroy the future generation of Filipinos by flooding our country with illicit drugs,” Navy spokesman Rear-Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad told reporters on June 24.
“China has the toughest resolve and policy against drugs and we have one of the best counternarcotics track records in the world,” the Chinese embassy said.
“We firmly oppose the baseless and malicious accusations made by certain individuals with intention to smear China,” it added. REUTERS
