The Department of National Defense says it is eyeing Grande Island in Subic Bay, Zambales, and Chiquita Islands in Bataan as military reservations.
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00:00The Department of National Defense says it is eyeing Grande Island in Subic Bay, Zambales
00:05and Chiquita Islands in Bataan as military reservations.
00:09This after the arrest of several people linked to suspected cybercrimes in one of the small
00:13but strategic islands.
00:15The DND says six foreigners and two Filipinos were arrested in Grande Island after a warrant
00:19was served for Chinese national Qiu Feng, whose real name is Ye Tianwu, on Wednesday,
00:24March 19.
00:25Ye was arrested for violating the Securities Regulation Code and the Cybercrime Prevention
00:30Act of 2012.
00:31The DND also says,
00:33The arrest exposes the unlawful nature, including suspected espionage and kidnapping activities
00:38related to Philippine offshore gaming operations, for which some foreign nationals are using
00:42Grande Island under the guise of private enterprises.
00:45The department describes Grande Island as
00:48A strategic vantage point with a clear view of key sea lanes in the West Philippine Sea,
00:52including Bajo de Masinloc.
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