Manila, April 16 -- Chinese efforts to deny and tag the cyanide incident in the vicinity of BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57), Ayungin Shoal, West Philippine Sea (WPS) as a fabrication is part of China's "deceptive messaging," a ranking naval official said on Thursday.

"What do we expect? Aaminin nila (They will admit it)? Lahat naman ng ito part ng (this is part of their) 'deceptive messaging' nila ito. Lahat naman ng nilalalabas natin na katotohanan through our transparency initiative ay talagang kinokontra nila at sinasabi na gawa-gawa natin (They contradict all the truth that we are bringing out through our transparency initiative and call them mere fabrication)," Philippine Navy (PN) spokesperson for the WPS Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad...