Philippines accuses China of deploying cyanide fishing in disputed waters

The Philippine government has issued a stark accusation against Chinese fishermen, alleging that they have engaged in the deliberate poisoning of marine life around the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. According to officials in Manila, this practice, believed to involve cyanide, has been ongoing since last year and appears aimed at undermining the food security of Philippine troops stationed on the rusting World War II-era BRP Sierra Madre ship, a military outpost grounded in 1999 to