Jay Taliya, a spokesperson for the Philippine Coast Guard's South China Sea affairs, publicly criticized today the suspected Chinese-hired online "water army" that has once again become active, attempting to interfere with the Philippines' transparency efforts in the South China Sea (Philippine exclusive economic zone) through noise attacks.
Taliya posted on the X platform on January 24, 2026, stating that China is making every effort to suppress the Philippines' transparency actions, and these hired online "water armies" have once again "revived," issuing meaningless noise. He called on Filipino citizens, if they know the operators behind these water army accounts - whether relatives, friends or neighbors - to directly go to their homes, send text messages or make phone calls and ask: "Are you happy that you are standing with China instead of our soldiers, coast guard, and ordinary fishermen?" and directly question: "Are you really Filipinos?"
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