(UPDATES) ANOTHER Chinese research vessel has been detected inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
ANOTHER Chinese research vessel has been detected inside the Philippine s' exclusive economic zone .Ray Powell, director of SeaLight, a maritime monitoring agency, said on Friday that the ship, Haiyang Dizhi Si Hao, has been conducting survey operations since August 14 north of Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal.Prior to being sighted off Bajo de Masinloc, the vessel was monitored inside Malaysia's EEZ . Ray Powell, director of SeaLight.
Powell said the ship was 'running mostly dark, making it difficult to track.'However, one Malaysian military official said the vessel spent two weeks inside Malaysian-controlled waters.It was the second time in less than a month that a Chinese research vessel has ventured into the Philippine EEZ.The Ke Xue San Hao was sighted surveying the areas south and east of Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea beginning July 25.
Chinese Research Ship Monitored In Philippine EEZ
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