KALAYAAN, PALAWAN—China issued a radio challenge Thursday to a private aircraft carrying Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, and Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito before landing at Pag-asa Island.
The three lawmakers visited the largest island in the Kalayaan Island Group for the groundbreaking of a new barracks inside the Emilio Liwanag Naval Station and a Super Rural Health Unit in this municipality.The same radio challenge was also received by a Philippine Air Force plane carrying a group of journalists who covered the senators' visit.
During the visit, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel and several Chinese militia vessels were spotted some three to four nautical miles off Pag-asa Island.The lawmakers themselves saw the Chinese vessels through a telescope installed at the naval station.According to Naval Forces West Commander Commodore Alan Javier, there are currently 22 Chinese militia vessels, two China Coast Guard vessels, and one People's Liberation Army vessel in the vicinity.
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