MANILA, Sept 24 — The Philippines today accused China’s coast guard of installing a “floating barrier” in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying it prevented...
MANILA, Sept 24 — The Philippines today accused China’s coast guard of installing a “floating barrier” in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying it prevented Filipinos from entering and fishing in the area.
The barrier blocking fishermen from the shoal was depriving them of their fishing and livelihood activities”, he said. Beijing allowed Filipino fishermen to return to the uninhabited shoal when bilateral relations were improving markedly under then-President Rodrigo Duterte. But tension has mounted again since his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, took office last year.
Three Chinese coast guard rigid-hull inflatable boats and a Chinese maritime militia service boat installed the barrier when the Philippine vessel arrived, he said.
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