Aquino maintains Scarborough still ours, China no plans to remove blocks

While he insisted that the Scarborough Shoal is a legitimate part of the Philippine territory, President Aquino said that there are no plans to remove concrete blocks allegedly placed by Chinese ships.

"We are not allowed to go to Scarborough Shoal seems to be an oxymoron. It is ours and there’s no rule that says we can’t go there," Aquino told reporters during a forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) at the Manila Hotel.