A retired intelligence officer who held a delicate post at the height of China’s artificial island-building in the South China Sea told the Inquirer that the entry of China Telecom into the Philippine market poses a national security threat.
A retired intelligence officer who held a delicate post at the height of China’s artificial island-building in the South China Sea told the Inquirer that the entry of China Telecom into the Philippine market poses a national security threat.
“It’s going to be a long-term disaster for us,” he said, observing that President Rodrigo Duterte “is so enamored with China.”
“We’re dead. They [will] now have access to our telecom infrastructure,” added the former officer, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on Sunday that acting Information and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr.
