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DFA to probe reports tanker manned by Filipino crew harassed by Chinese warship

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it will probe reports a Greek oil tanker with a Filipino crew was recently warned against passing near Scarborough Shoal by a Chinese warship that said the shoal was under Chinese jurisdiction. Online reports said on Sept. 30, the Green Aura, which had come from Thailand and was on its way to China, was nearing the shoal when it was radioed by the Chinese vessel that identified […]