Any ‘wilful act’ in maritime spat that causes a Filipino death is close to ‘act of war’: Ferdinand Marcos

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SINGAPORE — Any Filipino serviceman or citizen killed by a wilful act comes very close to what the Philippines defines as “an act of war” – to which his country will “respond accordingly”, said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on May 31. “We had already suffered injury but thank God, we have not yet gotten to the point where any of our participants, civilian or otherwise, have been killed,” said Mr Marcos, using the most strongly worded language to date in reference to an escalating maritime row with China in the South China Sea. “But once we get to that...