Defense department officials on Thursday said Beijing is confusing its own people by  resorting to “incessant twisting of the truth” in  a maritime dispute with Manila over the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

"Talagang confused na ang Chinese government because of their incessant twisting of the truth and in their efforts misleading the good Chinese people. Sila na nga iyong nag-umpisa nitong gulo, tayo pa ngayon ang troublemaker [They’re the ones who started this trouble yet they now call us as the troublemaker]," Peter Paul Ruben Galvez, acting chief of staff of and spokesman for the Department of National Defense (DND), said.

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