THE Philippine Coast Guard yesterday confirmed that a Chinese vessel drove away Filipino fishermen from our Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal.

This is where in 2012 there was a globally publicized standoff between Philippine and Chinese vessels when the Philippine Navy tried to apprehend Chinese vessels fishing in Panatag. Our PN troopers had boarded the Chinese vessel and found the crew’s harvests of fish and corrals. But our PN contingent had to back off when larger and better armed Chinese vessels arrived and surrounded our Navy and the trespassing Chinese fishing boat.

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