PALACE spokesman Harry Roque Jr. on Monday insisted that the deployment of missiles by the Chinese on contested reefs in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) was not a betrayal of trust.

This was despite Beijing’s repeated vows not to militarize the disputed area.

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