The Philippines has forwarded a copy of a second report into a hostage-taking incident to the Chinese embassy, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in Beijing Tuesday.

"The report is being scrutinized by the Chinese side," Ma told a regular news briefing.

Filipino authorities handed the first report on the incident to China on Sept. 20.

On Aug. 23, a dismissed Filipino police officer hijacked a tour bus carrying 25 people, including 21 tourists from Hong Kong.

The 11-hour hostage crisis ended in bloody carnage with eight Hong Kong tourists and the hostage-taker dead, after Filipino police bungled the rescue.

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