The Philippine government will not file charges against 10 Vietnamese who were caught poaching for sharks, among other fishes, in Palawan province, President Rodrigo Duterte said late Thursday.

“I have ordered the other companions of that group [of Vietnamese] who intruded into our economic zone… that they should… I told [Justice Secretary Vitaliano] Aguirre 2nd to just dismiss the case and deport them. After all, there were some of them who already died,” Duterte added in a news conference at the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting hosted by Vietnam.

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