The Philippines says it doubts the authenticity of a leaked phone call apparently supporting a Chinese deal to decrease Manila's presence in the South China Sea.
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00:00 The Philippines says it doubts the authenticity of a leaked phone call
00:04 apparently supporting Chinese claims of a deal between Beijing and Manila over the South China Sea.
00:11 Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. was responding to a transcript
00:16 published in Bloomberg and the Manila Times.
00:19 It seems to show a Philippine admiral agreeing to operate fewer ships
00:23 and to notify China of its South China Sea missions.
00:27 Teodoro says the transcript could have easily been fabricated.
00:32 Philippine officials say the leak is Beijing trying to distract attention from its aggressive actions.