Malacanang on Thursday justified the seizure of two vessels, one of them a Chinese boat, loaded with close to 500 turtles at the Hasa Hasa Shoal in Palawan in the disputed South China Sea.

Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group was enforcing environmental laws and upholding the country’s sovereign rights.

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