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PHL files diplomatic protest vs China for confiscation of fishing devices of Filipino fishermen in Scarborough Shoal

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China. In a short statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the recent protest was over the Chinese Coast Guard’s “illegal confiscation” of fish aggregating devices of Filipino fishermen. The DFA said the confiscation of the payao, as they are called, took place in May in Bajo de Masinloc in Scarborough Shoal. “The Philippines also resolutely objected to China’s continuing illicit issuances of radio […]