PH not buying China's takeover of Panatag shoal

The Aquino administration is skeptical on the declaration of a Chinese official that China is set to get more from the Philippine's Panatag shoal, among other islands in the West Philippine Sea.

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte made the pronouncement after the New York Times reported that Maj. Gen. Zhang Zhaozhong of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army revealed that China is set to seal and control areas around Panatag Shoal and take more from the said territory which lies within the 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone of the Philippines per the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas.