Philippines to provide hostage-taking incident report to Beijing
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The Philippine government will provide the Chinese government a copy of the final report on the Aug. 23 hostage-taking incident before it divulges the findings to the public, the presidential palace said on Friday night.
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Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) Chairman Leila de Lima all sets to go to Malacanang Palace as the final draft report on the August 23 hostage tragedy is done in Manila, Philippines, Sept. 17, 2010. De Lima said the report includes the recitation and evaluation of facts, identifying who is accountable for the tragedy and the committee recommendations. De Lima said 12 persons may be charged in connection with the incident, the committee report was then submitted to President Benigno Aquino III. [Jon Fabrigar/Xinhua] |
"We have to communicate this to Beijing first before we make it public," Carandang said, adding that the presidential palace only "wants to be careful" in handling the sensitive matter.
He said that the high-level Philippine delegation will still go to Beijing and Hong Kong to formally present the report to their leaders but this will have to be done after the President's working visit to the United States.
The President and his delegation to the United States will depart on Monday night and will return on Sept. 28.
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