While the number of Chinese vessels lurking in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has decreased, several of them were still found swarming particularly in the Iroquois Reef and Sabina Shoal near Palawan.
According to an Unang Balita report by JP Soriano on Thursday, the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said they always confront the Chinese vessels to inform them that they are inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, but they do not get any response.of several Chinese vessels in the WPS, weeks after China's coast guard reportedly took metal debris that the Philippine side had been towing.
“The President’s directive to the Department is clear—we will not give up a single square inch of Philippine territory. We continue to conduct routine maritime and aerial patrols in the WPS,” he said. Iroquois Reef is near the Ayungin Shoal or Second Thomas Shoal where the BRP Sierra Madre is located.
Due to this, international law expert Atty. Jay Batongbacal claimed that the Chinese vessels were not only there to fish, but to hinder the Philippines from petroleum exploration and resupply missions.
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