Philippines agrees to joint investigation with China into fishing boat’s sinking

China and the Philippines agreed to conduct a joint inquiry into the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in disputed waters, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said on Saturday.The incident on June 9, when the two boats collided in the South China Sea, has sparked public outrage.Manila has accused the Chinese trawler of abandoning the vessel’s 22 Filipino crew members – later rescued by Vietnamese fishermen – but Beijing has rejected this.China states the trawler merely …