China’s coast guard claims to have chased a Philippine navy ship from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea as tensions between the two countries over rich fishing areas escalate. A coast guard spokesperson said the Philippine ship had sailed into waters next to the Scarborough Shoal, which China calls Huangyan Island, and ignored “multiple calls” to turn back. In Manila, the Philippines' military chief of staff, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., said Tuesday that authorities were looking into the alleg
BEIJING — China’s coast guard claimed Tuesday to have chased a Philippine navy ship from a disputed shoal in theCoast guard spokesman Gan Yu said the Philippine ship had sailed into waters next to the Scarborough Shoal, which China calls Huangyan Island, and ignored “multiple calls” to turn back.took necessary measures to expel the Philippine ship in accordance with the law, such as following it and forcing it out and controlling its route,” Gan said.
“If we ever have a ship there, we will not agree to be driven away exclusive economic zone,” Brawner told reporters. “It’s our right to make sure that our fishermen can fish in our economic zone.” Gan, the spokesman for China’s coast guard, insisted that “China has indisputable sovereignty over Huangyan Island and its adjacent waters,” and that chasing away the Philippine ship on Tuesday was “legitimate and legal.”
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