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The claim

A Facebook meme of Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo claimed that the Filipino fishermen involved in the boat sinking incident in the West Philippine Sea were only hallucinating.

Original publisher’s rating

Panelo has not issued such a statement in his press briefings and interviews since the sinking incident on June 9.

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