(UPDATE) CHINA has accused the Philippines of trespassing in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea on Monday 'without the approval of the Chinese government.'
People's Liberation Army Air Force Senior Col. Tian Junli, the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command spokesman, said China's naval and air forces 'tracked, monitored, warned and restricted' the Philippine Navy's BRP Conrado Yap 'according to law.'He said the Philippines 'seriously violated China's sovereignty and international law and basic norms governing international relations, and is highly likely to cause misunderstanding and miscalculation.
Medel Aguilar confirmed contact between the Philippine Navy's BRP Conrado Yap and a Chinese warship near Bajo de Masinloc but denied that the Philippine vessel was restricted by the Chinese military.He said BRP Conrado Yap was conducting a sovereignty patrol when it sighted a PLA vessel some 2.7 nautical miles away.'There was no restriction because how can they restrict us in our own area, in our own maritime zone?' Aguilar said.
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