Claim: In reiterating his stance on avoiding "trouble" with China, President Rodrigo Duterte called the Philippines' historic arbitral win in 2016 against the Asian giant on the South China Sea dispute as "just a  paper" that he would "throw into the wastebasket," in a televised address on May 5.
Fact-check: VERA FILES FACT CHECK: After asserting arbitral win in UN, Duterte now calls it 'just a piece of paper'
Verdict: in reiterating his stance on avoiding "trouble" with china, president rodrigo duterte called the philippines' historic arbitral win in 2016 against the asian giant on the south china sea dispute as "just a  paper" that he would "throw into the wastebasket," in a televised address on may 5.
Organisation: VERA Files
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2021-05-10T16:29:00