The Philippines Said Its Fishing Vessels Were Harassed by Chinese Coast Guard and Navy on Saturday, Prompting the Philippine Ships to Suspend A Scientific Survey They Are Conducting within the South China Sea.
Accord to the Philippine Coast Guard, Two Vessels from the Bureau of Fisheries Were on the Way to Collect Sand Sandles From Sandy Cay, Three Small Uninhabited Sandbars inThe Spratly Archipelago Their location lay close to the thesland regulated by the Philippines and a man-made island the place China had really arrange a military base.
What occurred to the vessels
They Were Met Withe Three Chinese Coast Guard Vessels, and ENCOUNTERED “AGGRESSIVE MASEUVER” Including Four Small Boats That Were Deployed to “Harass” The Philipino Boats, The Philippine Coast Guard Said in A Statement.
A Chinese Navy helicopter which exists, floating at an “unsafe altitude,” it sits.
The Philippines’ Vessels Had to Maneuver toAvoid Collision They decide to droop their research due to “This continuous harassment and the disregard for safety exhibited by the Chinese maritime forces,” The Coast Guard Said.
The Coast Guard Released Videos Collaborating the Account, with amongst Them Showing A Chinese Coast Guard Sailing actually Close to a Philippine Vessel and Another Video Showing A Chinese Helicopter Flying Low Near A Boat With a Philippines’ Flag.
No Accidents Were Reported From The Confrontation
Responding to the incidence, Beijing Said that it has “indisputable sovereignty” over the Spratly Islands So Said the Philippine Vessels Had Entered Without Permission and Tried to “Illegally” Land on the Reef to Collect Sand Samples.
The Philippines and China Often have clashes within theSouth China Sea Beijing Claims Ownership of Almost The Entire Sea, which is Claimed in Parts by Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
To International Arbitration Court in 2016 had Ruled that Chinese Claims Over the Waterway Have no Basis in International Law.
TG/DJ (AFP, AP, Reuters)
