Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela says there had been 'small-scale reclamation' of the Sabina Shoal, which Manila calls Escoda, and that China was 'the most probable actor'
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The coast guard sent a ship “to monitor the supposed illegal activities of China, creating ‘an artificial island,'” the office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said in a statement, adding two other vessels were in rotational deployment in the area. Beijing and Manila have been embroiled for a year in heated stand-offs over their competing claims in the South China Sea, where $3 trillion worth of trade passes annually.
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