Philippines files ‘memorial’ vs China

The government has formally filed a “memorial” before the United Nations questioning China’s nine-dash line territorial rule that encroached islets and shoals in the disputed Spratlys that are well within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EZZ).

The filing was announced on Sunday by Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., a day after tensions rose anew at the vicinity of the Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) when two Chinese Coast Guard vessels blocked the path of a a civilian ship transporting food and supplies to soldiers stationed there.