{"id":10778,"date":"2014-05-12T21:42:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=10778"},"modified":"2014-05-17T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T13:45:29","slug":"dfa-statement-on-the-release-of-two-minors-apprehended-in-hasa-hasa-shoal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/12\/dfa-statement-on-the-release-of-two-minors-apprehended-in-hasa-hasa-shoal\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA statement on the release of two minors apprehended in Hasa-Hasa Shoal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9757\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/turtle-chinese-poachers-1-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9757\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/turtle-chinese-poachers-1-4.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese vessel caught with poachers in Palawan. PNP-PIO photo\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/turtle-chinese-poachers-1-4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/turtle-chinese-poachers-1-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese vessel caught with poachers in Palawan. PNP-PIO photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Philippines will be releasing two (2) minors who were part of the crew of 11 Chinese\u00a0fishermen arrested last week in Hasa-Hasa Shoal for violating Philippine fisheries laws, the\u00a0UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Convention on International Trade\u00a0in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Hasa-Hasa Shoal is part of the\u00a0Kalayaan Island Group and within the Philippines\u2019 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Under\u00a0Philippine laws, including RA 7610, minors cannot be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>The two were confirmed to be minors after a medical check-up conducted by our medical\u00a0authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The two minors will be turned over to the DSWD Regional Office in Palawan for subsequent\u00a0release in accordance with Philippine regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippines will be releasing two (2) minors who were part of the crew of 11 Chinese\u00a0fishermen arrested last week &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[3545,3178,3546],"class_list":["post-10778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-hasa-hasa-shoal","tag-poachers","tag-underaged","mauthors-department-of-foreign-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}