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A Chinese Coast Guard vessel sailing off the coast of Zambales in the West Philippine Sea used a long range acoustic device on Saturday to harass again the Philippine Coast Guard . PCG said it was the first time that CCG -3103, which replaced CCG -3304 in “maintaining illegal patrol” in the area, employed an LRAD against the PCG ’s 54-meter vessel BRP Cabra that has been safeguarding the Zambales coastline.
“The reason why we are deploying coast guard vessels… to ensure that we are not going to escalate the tension. As far as our actions na ginagawa dito sa pagbabantay ng iligal na presensiya ng China Coast Guard, we are also conducting an hourly…radio challenge…even in the middle of the night,” Tarriela said in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.
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