The Philippine Navy on Monday accused the Chinese coast guard of seizing a floating object that its troops had just recovered in disputed South China Sea waters. READ:
A senior Filipino navy official made the allegation on the eve of a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to Palawan aimed at boosting ties amid China’s growing regional clout.
The coast guard vessel then deployed an inflatable boat team which “forcefully retrieved said floating object by cutting the towing line attached to the rubber boat,” he said in a statement. “Before the China Coast Guard found the said floating object some Philippine Navy personnel already retrieved and towed it. After friendly consultation the Philippine side returned the floating object to the Chinese side on the spot,” the Chinese embassy added.“There was no so-called blocking of the course of a Philippine Navy boat and forcefully retrieving the object at the scene,” it added.
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