Philippines Defence Chief criticizes China for handing him a note during speech
Philippines Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro publicly rebuked China after receiving a document detailing Beijing's stance on the South China Sea while he was speaking at a defence forum in South Korea. Teodoro read the message to the audience and proceeded to refute China's arguments point by point. He accused China of failing to show "basic decency," labeling the act as a form of "coercion, bullying and aggression," and noted that he kept the document as a "memento."