China Says No Such Thing as ‘Hit-and-Run’ in South China Sea
- Confirms China fishing vessel was in incident with Filipinos
- Filipino fishing boats besieged China vessel, embassy says
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China confirmed that a Chinese fishing vessel was involved in an incident with Filipino fishermen in South China Sea but denied that it hit and abandoned them.
China’s preliminary investigation showed that Chinese fishing vessel Yuemaobinyu 42212 from Guangdong province was engaged in a “light purse seine operation” about midnight on June 9 when it was suddenly besieged by seven or eight Filipino fishing boats, according to a statement posted on the Twitter account of the Chinese embassy in Manila.