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Chinese embassy: No hit-and-run incident near Recto Bank

Adds Chinese vessel was “besieged” by Filipino fishing boats while “berthed” in area (Eagle News)–The Chinese embassy has admitted it was a Chinese boat that hit a Filipino fishing boat near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea on June 9. But in a statement, the embassy said the Chinese fishing boat Yuemaobinyu 42212, from Guangdong, was “berthed” at the area when seven or eight Filipino fishing boats “besieged” it. “During evacuation, 42212 failed to […]