"Rojas said the PCG personnel violated the rules of engagement when they shot at the Taiwanese vessel even if “there was no categorical proof that the fishing boat posed an imminent or grave threat to the lives of those on board the Philippine patrol craft.” In its report, the NBI said indiscriminate firing using high-powered guns showed “a common design to disregard the rules of engagement.” “Any sensible and reasonable person is capable of discerning at that point that indiscriminate firing at a small fishing vessel will, in all likelihood, inevitably result not only in the disabling of the watercraft, but also in bodily harm or death,” the NBI report said."
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:26:45 +0000
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