The Philippines on Monday executed what it called a “special operation” to cut a 300-metre barrier installed by China at the Scarborough Shoal. Read more at straitstimes.com.
severed by its Filipino counterparts at a fiercely contested shoal in the South China Sea, adding there was no stand-off or signs of aggression.
The Philippines coastguard, posing as regular fishermen aboard a small boat, later cut the ball-buoy barrier and took away the anchor, Commodore Tarriela told DWPM radio and ANC news channel. The Scarborough Shoal, a prime fishing spot located about 200km off the Philippines and within its exclusive economic zone, is the site of decades of on-off disputes over sovereignty.
Relations have soured in the past year, however, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who authorised the cutting of the cordon, seeks to establish tighter defence ties with ally the United States, including access to his country’s military bases.
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