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    "data": {
        "id": 1202920,
        "msgid": "manila-to-free-17-vietnamese-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-01-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Manila to free 17 Vietnamese",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Manila to free 17 Vietnamese MANILA (AFP): Manila has agreed to release 17 Vietnamese fishermen arrested last October for allegedly poaching in Philippine waters, but will hold their boats, the Foreign Department said yesterday.",
        "content": "<p>Manila to free 17 Vietnamese<\/p>\n<p>MANILA (AFP): Manila has agreed to release 17 Vietnamese<br>\nfishermen arrested last October for allegedly poaching in<br>\nPhilippine waters, but will hold their boats, the Foreign<br>\nDepartment said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Undersecretary Rodolfo Severino said the National<br>\nCommittee on Illegal Entrants (NCIE) recommended the release of<br>\nthe fishermen because &quot;they were found not to have done any<br>\nwrongdoing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The 17 fishermen, aged 17 to 50, were on two vessels when they<br>\nwere arrested by the Philippine navy off the southwestern island<br>\nof Palawan, where they are now under the custody of the Coast<br>\nGuard there.<\/p>\n<p>Hanoi sought the release of the Vietnamese through diplomatic<br>\nchannels last month, saying the fishermen &quot;were driven by sea<br>\ncurrents to the area where they were apprehended.&quot; The Vietnamese<br>\nembassy also sought the release of the boats and their request is<br>\nunder review, Severino said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/manila-to-free-17-vietnamese-1447893297",
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