The DFA said it registered the diplomatic protest over the incident that took place in May or three months ago.
The Philippines, DFA added, also “resolutely objected to China’s continuing illicit issuances of radio challenges to Philippine aircraft conducting legitimate regular maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea.”
China claims nearly the entire South China Sea, including waters within the exclusive economic zones of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines , Vietnam, and Taiwan. The Scarborough shoal is among Philippine-claimed territories in the West Philippine Sea that are also being claimed by the Chinese under its nine-dash line map.
Philippine ships have long left the area but maritime patrols continue to monitor the movement of Chinese vessels. Fishermen from Zambales have reported being turned away by the Chinese from the shoal, part of traditional fishing grounds for local fisherfolk.
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