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China “unjustifiably deployed” flares from Zamora Reef while a Philippine aircraft was on patrol to monitor and intercept poachers encroaching on the country’s waters on Aug. 22, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said Saturday.
China’s foreign ministry confirmed it undertook unspecified “countermeasures” against two Philippine military aircraft that flew into its airspace over Zamora Reef on August 22 but made no mention of the August 19 incident over Scarborough Shoal. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said the firing of flares was “deeply concerning and must be condemned in the strongest terms.”
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