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Philippines Again Calls Out China For ‘Unsafe Actions’ in South China Sea

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Philippines Again Calls Out China For ‘Unsafe Actions’ in South China Sea

The criticisms followed another close call in contested waters, this time in the vicinity of Philippine-occupied Thitu Island.

Philippines Again Calls Out China For ‘Unsafe Actions’ in South China Sea
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The Philippine military has once again called on China’s government to cease its “unsafe actions” in the South China Sea, after a Chinese navy ship shadowed and attempted to cut across the bow of a Philippine navy vessel conducting a resupply mission late last week.

In a statement late yesterday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) alleged that a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessel crossed a Philippine Navy transport ship’s bow at a distance of 350 yards, not far from Thitu Island, the Philippines’ largest and most strategically important outpost in the South China Sea. The Philippine Navy’s BRP Benguet was reportedly en route to Commodore Reef, where the Philippines maintains a small military outpost.

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