Manila shall withdraw the deliberate quasi-grounding vessel at Xianbin Reef By Ding Duo | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-08-26 15:38

Manila shall withdraw the deliberate quasi-grounding vessel at Xianbin Reef By Ding Duo | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-08-26 15:38 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202408/26/WS66cc30fba31060630b924fca.html On Aug 25, without the permission of the Chinese government, the Philippine vessel 3002 on Sunday "illegally intruded waters of Xianbin Reef of China's Nansha Qundao, and the CCG took lawful control measures against the vessel. The Philippines was trying to provide supplies by the ship to its coast guard vessel MRRV-9701, which has been unlawfully anchored at the lagoon of Xianbin Reef since April this year. The purpose behind it is to take the reef as a base for its construction at the BRP Sierra Madre, an aging navy ship grounded at Ren'ai Reef in 1999 to reinforce its illegal territorial claim.