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                    [Title] => No indemnity for slain skipper's kin
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The government will not indemnify the family of a Chinese boat captain killed in a clash with the Coast Guard but would release his seven crewmen as requested by China, Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon Jr. said yesterday.

Siazon explained Beijing had no basis to demand compensation or file a diplomatic protest since the fishermen were poaching in Philippine waters.

The boat's skipper was killed and his crew was arrested after a clash with the Coast Guard off Palawan last Friday. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88235 [Title] => Chinese boat skipper killed in Palawan clash [Summary] =>

The skipper of a Chinese fishing boat was killed and seven of his crew members were arrested following a clash with the Philippine Coast Guard, police said yesterday.

It marked the first time that a fatal firefight erupted between a Philippine coastal patrol and alleged illegal Chinese fishermen.

Local fishermen reported to police and the Coast Guard that they saw a boat early Friday catching turtles off the coast of Barangay Ibaan in Rizal, Palawan, provincial police chief Jose Balane said.

As a team of Coast Guard, police and volunteer civilian coastal watchers in a bo [DatePublished] => 2000-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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