\n\tMANILA: The Philippines\u2019 foreign ministry has summoned China\u2019s ambassador to Manila over Beijing\u2019s imposition of sanctions against former senator Francis Tolentino, the president\u2019s office said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\n\tTolentino, who lost his bid for a second term in the Philippines\u2019 midterm elections in May, was banned from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau over \u201cegregious conduct\u201d detrimental to relations between Manila and Beijing.<\/p>\n
\n\tTolentino helped in approving laws last year that defined the country\u2019s sea lanes and maritime zones, which China opposed. He also accused the Chinese embassy of contracting a firm that maintains troll farms to sow disinformation.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe imposition of punitive measures … is inconsistent with the norms of mutual respect and dialogue that underpin relations between two equal sovereign states,\u201d presidential press officer Claire Castro told a briefing.<\/p>\n
\n\tManila\u2019s foreign ministry said it summoned Chinese ambassador Huang Xilian on Friday. China\u2019s embassy in Manila said in a statement the ambassador notified the Philippines\u2019 foreign ministry of China\u2019s decision to impose sanctions on Tolentino.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt should be noted that such sanctions fall purely within China\u2019s legal prerogative, and there are consequences for hurting China\u2019s interests,\u201d the embassy said.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Chinese foreign ministry has previously accused some Filipino politicians of making \u201cmalicious remarks and moves\u201d that hurt ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n
\n\tRelations between China and the Philippines have soured under President Ferdinand Marcos over a longstanding dispute in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn 2016, an international tribunal ruled Beijing\u2019s sweeping claims to the waterway had no basis in international law. China has rejected the decision. Several other countries in Southeast Asia also claim parts of the South China Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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