Malaysia to Protest ‘Suspicious’ Flight of Chinese Aircraft
- China’s ambassador to be summoned over sighting of 16 planes
- Beijing says the aircraft were on training near Nansha Islands
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Malaysia will summon China’s ambassador to protest flights by 16 air force planes over the South China Sea that Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says were a “breach of Malaysian airspace and sovereignty.”
The “suspicious” Chinese aircraft were spotted near the East Malaysian state of Sarawak, the Royal Malaysian Air Force said in a statement late Tuesday. They entered the Malaysian maritime zone and were approaching national airspace, it added.