THE Philippine Navy has deployed more vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China's threat to arrest 'trespassers' in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal).
THE Philippine Navy has deployed more vessels in the West Philippine Sea amid China's threat to arrest 'trespassers' in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc .Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, spokesman for the West Philippine Sea, said Tuesday that maritime patrols inside the country's exclusive economic zone have been increased to protect Philippine sovereign rights.
China had threatened to impose its new policy to detain Filipinos entering Bajo de Masinloc from May 1 until September 16, which Philippine authorities had vehemently opposed.Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said that China's actions constitute 'a provocation and a violation to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea' to which Beijing is a signatory.
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