Manila said two Chinese aircraft dropped flares in the path of a Philippine plane.
MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Aug 11 condemned Chinese air force actions over waters of the South China Sea claimed by both countries, calling the actions “unjustified, illegal and reckless”.
Manila said the Chinese actions put the lives of its crew in danger, but that the patrol plane returned safely to base. “We sternly warn the Philippines to immediately stop its infringement, provocation, distortion and hype,” said a statement from the Southern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army, adding that “China has indisputable sovereignty over Huangyan Island and adjacent waters”.
, in another area of the South China Sea, when the Chinese coast guard also confiscated or destroyed Philippine equipment, including guns. Scarborough Shoal, a triangular chain of reefs and rocks, is 240km west of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon and nearly 900km from the nearest major Chinese land mass of Hainan.
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