The Philippine government should ask the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration to stop China’s sea reclamation and construction work in disputed islands, according to Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio.
“The Philippines can ask the tribunal to issue a provisional measure directing China to stop its reclamation to prevent serious harm to the marine environment. Even if China ignores it, the world will know China is defying an international order,” he said on Monday.
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