Chinese vessels lingered in Scarborough Shoal and issued radio challenges against Philippine authorities, the PCG said.
MANILA — Chinese vessels lingered in Scarborough Shoal and issued radio challenges against Philippine authorities after the removal of a Beijing-installed barrier that kept Filipino fishermen away from the area, the Philippine Coast Guard said Friday.
During a routine Philippine government resupply mission to fishermen plying the nearby waters last week, authorities found a 300-meter floating barrier across the entrance of the shoal. Watch more News on iWantTFC “There is no more floating barrier at the entrance of Bajo de Masinloc,” Tarriela said on Friday.
Scarborough Shoal sits 240 kilometers west of the Philippines' main island of Luzon and nearly 900 kilometers from the nearest major Chinese land mass of Hainan.
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