Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesman for Philippine Coast Guard operations within the West Philippine Sea, lodged a grievance on Friday on the Manila prosecutor’s workplace in opposition to Sass Rogando Sasot, a well-liked vlogger at the moment primarily based in Beijing.
In response to Tarriela’s grievance, Sasot falsely accused him on social media of receiving a US$4 million “expertise charge” from Washington, and of accumulating baggage of money from the residence of Home Speaker Martin Romualdez as fee for criticising Beijing’s actions within the West Philippine Sea – Manila’s time period for the a part of the South China Sea it claims as its personal.
She additionally alleged he had been expelled from the Philippine Navy Academy (PMA) for dishonest.
In an interview with This Week in Asia, Tarriela mentioned the accusations had taken a deep private toll. “Completely,” he mentioned, when requested if the claims had affected his household.
