Sick of sea piracy, Philippines' president proposes feeding pirates to sharks
Days after saying that he would "eat Abu Sayyaf alive", the outspoken Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed to feed sea pirates to sharks. During his recent visit to Jakarta, Duterte told Indonesian forces to chase pirates, even if they have to enter Philippine waters, and "blast them off". The Philippines' leader met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and they reportedly discussed the issue of sea piracy that is prevalent in the South China Sea. Duterte expressed concerns about Indonesian coal shipments to Philippines being stolen by pirates and about the abductions by Abu Sayyaf – an Islamist extremist group based in the southwestern Phillippines islands. While briefing the ...
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