The Philippine Coast Guard has assured the public that there is ๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฆ amid concerns that the three Filipinos recently apprehended for their alleged involvement in foreign-backed spy activities ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
According to PCG Spokesperson for the West Philipinne Sea, ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ง๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ.
Rear Admiral Tarriela emphasized that personnel of the ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐, particularly in ongoing operations in the West Philippine Sea.