(UPDATE) CHINA Coast Guard vessels on Wednesday began shadowing a convoy of Philippine civilian boats on their way to a disputed South China Sea shoal, a convoy spokesman said.
CHINA Coast Guard vessels on Wednesday began shadowing a convoy of Philippine civilian boats on their way to a disputed South China Sea shoal, a convoy spokesman said.Three clearly marked coast guard vessels sailed within sight of the convoy at dusk, and broadcast radio warnings were heard aboard one of the Philippine boats as the convoy moved closer to Scarborough Shoal, convoy spokesman Emman Hizon said.
A spokesman for the convoy told reporters via a messaging app that there was 'no Chinese presence' where the vessels had distributed assistance to fishermen.He declined to disclose the exact location of this phase of the voyage, except to say the boats were 'still far from the shoal.'The group had said it received reports of a 'heavy presence' of Chinese vessels near the Scarborough Shoal.
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