Palawan Court to issue verdict on Tubbataha intruders on Aug. 5 | Global News

Palawan Court to issue verdict on Tubbataha intruders on Aug. 5

/ 06:05 PM July 30, 2014

MARINE PARADISE LOST A diver fins through a field of pristine soft leather corals at the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. Unfortunately, only about 3 percent of the Philippine coral reefs are in “excellent condition.” YVETTE LEE/CONTRIBUTOR

MANILA, Philippines—The Palawan Court is set to issue its verdict on the 12 Chinese fishermen arrested last year after their vessel ran aground on Tubbataha Reef, a government prosecutor said Wednesday.

Provincial Prosecutor Allen Ross Rodriguez said Palawan Regional Trial Court Branch 51 has set the promulgation on Aug. 5.

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The Chinese fishermen have been charged with a case for violation of Republic Act 10067 or the Tubbataha Protected Area Law f 2009 for poaching and Article 212 of the Revised Penal Code for allegedly attempting to bribe officers of the Tubbataha Management Office in exchange for their release.

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Park rangers recovered from the fishermen’s vessel around 400 boxes containing slaughtered anteaters or “balintong.”

The grounding of the Chinese fishing vessel occurred three months after the USS Guardian, a minesweeper of the US Navy, also ran aground on the reef, destroying more than 2, 000 square meters of coral reef.

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The same court is also handling the case of the nine Chinese fishermen apprehended for poaching off the Half Moon Shoal or Hasa-Hasa Shoal some 60 nautical miles from Palawan early this year.

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