The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed the presence of at least 30 suspected Chinese maritime militia vessels in Sabina and Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippines Sea.
Furthermore, the PCG aircraft observed that CCG-5304 vessel maintained a constant close distance of not more than one nautical mile fromThe recent development comes after the February 6 incident in the Ayungin Shoal, when a Chinese Coast Guard flashed a military grade laser light toward the PCG vessel, which was supporting a rotation and resupply mission of the Philippine Navy forUpon arriving in Sabina Shoal, the PCG aircraft received “inaudible” radio challenges from China Coast Guard -5304,...
The PCG aircraft also heard an “inaudible” radio challenge from CCG-5304 upon arriving in Ayungin Shoal which led them to issue the same.China’s action was anchored on its assertion that it owns almost all of the areas in the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea.n 2016, the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague invalidated China’s claim to almost the entire South China Sea.
The tribunal ruled that China’s claim had no basis in international law and that it had violated the Philippines’ sovereign right to fish and explore resources in the West Philippine Sea, the waters within the country’s 370-kilometer EEZ in the South China Sea. The Philippines, under the administration of then President Benigno Aquino III in 2013, challenged before the Hague court China’s claim that it owned more than 80 percent of the South China Sea, which included waters in the EEZ of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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