The Philippine national security council on Friday called for Chinese diplomats to be expelled from the country for what it called a malicious disinformation campaign that had breached local laws and diplomatic protocols. The National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano in a statement said the Chinese embassy's actions "should not be allowed to pass unsanctioned without serious penalty". Ano was referring to a news report this week of an alleged leak of a call between a Chinese diplomat and a Filipino admiral discussing a dispute over the South China Sea, which carried a transcript that showed the admiral agreeing to concessions towards China.
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