STATEMENT OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA ON CHINA CHOPPER'S 'RECKLESS MANEUVER VS PH AIRCRAFT

Our government should assert, in no uncertain terms, that this latest dangerous and reckless maneuvers carried out by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy helicopter against a light aircraft of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is a clear violation of international aviation safety protocols.

It is, without a doubt, an affront to our nation's sovereignty. We should waste no time in filing a diplomatic protest to assert out rights and demand accountability from China for this latest provocation.