No more China's 'monster' ship in Bajo de Masinloc — PCG

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Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela said only two Chinese coast guard vessels and 19 maritime militia vessels were in Bajo de Masinloc based on its monitoring.

Photo shows the 165-meter China Coast Guard ship 5901, known as ‘the Monster’ for its size, which joined CCG ship 5203 during a brief intrusive patrol into the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone west of Panatag Shoal early yesterday. The location and movement of the vessels are shown in an image posted on X by SeaLight director Ray Powell.

“There are already numerous instances that they deployed their monster ship to threaten here in the Philippines. The first one was in 2022. They did it in 2022 when we had exercise with US coast guard. Whenever there is an exercise, they deployed. This is always related to intimidation to discourage again any civilian convoy to any part of the WPS,” Tarriela said.

“Whenever we pass Vietnamese fishermen, we usually communicate with them. We are not water-cannoned by Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei,” he pointed out. Named after a veteran actor, the “Eddie Garcia Law” has been signed by President Marcos to protect and ensure...

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