The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) filed two protest notes against China for ramming 3 Filipino vessels and collecting giant clams in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). The DFA protested these incidents at the contested Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, also known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc, through notes that it handed to Chinese Embassy representatives on February 4. The incident damaged the vessels and endangered the lives of Filipino fishermen, the DFA said. The protests notes came after the Philippines urged foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to express concern over China’s land reclamation in the disputed territory.
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