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The Philippines may be filing “in a few weeks” an environmental damage case against China for its island-building activities that damaged coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is currently working with the Office of the Solicitor General on preparing the case, DOJ spokesperson Mico Clavano said in an interview over Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon on Thursday.
“We need to make sure that our evidence that we will be attaching to the complaint is solid. But we are confident that in a few weeks, we will finish our complaint and the evidence attachments,” Clavano added.
“Hopefully, with the help of the Office of the Solicitor General, we will be able to file an environmental case against China,” he said, although he did not mention a target date for the filing of the case.
Clavano made the remarks after the Philippine Coast Guard discovered crushed coral fragments in the cays near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island and Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
