Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo said that China’s harassment of Filipino fishermen and the country’s coast guard was the “daily situation that we face.” | FMangosingINQ santostinaINQ /PDI
, Manalo reported China’s “cases of harassment” in the West Philippine Sea.
Manalo also met on the sidelines with Ambassador Fu Ying, vice chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of China.He tweeted about that “broad and candid exchange,” saying that “We talked about the latest incidents around Ayungin Shoal and how to further strengthen relations while managing our maritime differences and regional security challenges in Indo-Pacific.
The Chinese Embassy in Manila has yet to respond to the Inquirer’s request for comment on Manalo’s remarks.Earlier last week, fishermen facing China’s harassment in the West Philippine Sea took part in a seminar on fishing rights led by the Peoples Development Institute. “They shouted and honked at him. ‘No fishing inside! Go outside!’” fisherman Christopher de Vera, who witnessed the incident, said, adding that Chinese maritime militia vessels also surrounded their boats that day.
“There have been so many [of these instances] that I could no longer keep track of them. We want to fish inside the lagoon, too. There’s more catch and we can seek shelter there during bad weather,” De Vera said.“They first used a searchlight when we approached near the shoal at night. They later used a laser so we ducked for cover as our eyes went burning. The light was overwhelming and we went blind for a few minutes,” he said.
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