Corals in WPS gone after China 'swarming'

CORALS that grow in abundance in the shallow waters close to Rozul (Iroquios) Reef in the West Philippine Sea have disappeared, apparently due to massive harvesting, a military official said on Saturday.

Vice Admiral Albert Carlos, who heads the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines , said in a news forum on Saturday that this was what their divers discovered after surveying the Rozul Reef, where Chinese maritime militia vessels had been monitored by Philippine military air assets to be 'swarming' on September 6 and 7.The Rozul Reef is within the country's exclusive economic zone .

Jardeleza, who was part of the team that filed the arbitration case against Beijing in 2013, said that the Philippines could seek payment for damages caused by China's aggressive acts.'Now if China again wishes not to participate, we have proven that we can hale them to the tribunal as we have done in the past,' Jardeleza said when asked if the Philippines can actually engage with China on the West Philippine Sea issue.

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