Sen. Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay has called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) to start taking steps to ensure the safety of Filipinos in Hong Kong, as tension continues to escalate in the special administrative region with the reported deployment of Chinese troops to its border.
Trucks and armored personnel carriers are seen outside the Shenzhen Bay stadium in Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong in China's southern Guangdong province, on August 15, 2019. Thousands of Chinese military personnel held drills at a sports stadium in southern China on August 15 morning, raising the fear of military intervention in Hong Kong, which has seens weeks of civil unrest. (Photo by STR / AFP)