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China can't conduct law enforcement ops in WPS—Nat'l Task Force

Published Sep 9, 2023 08:45 am

At A Glance

  • Malaya explicitly condemned the actions of the CCG and the CMM, stressing that law enforcement operations within the country's EEZ are well within its sovereign rights and responsibilities of the Philippines. National 

An official from the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) stressed that China has no authority to conduct law enforcement operations within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

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National Security Council (NSC) Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya

National Security Council (NSC) Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya said this after the China Coast Guard (CCG) claimed they were conducting law enforcement operations in Ayungin Shoal on Friday, Sept. 8, when the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were conducting a rotation and reprovisioning (RoRe) mission in the Philippine waters. 

In a news forum, Malaya said only the Philippine government has the sovereign right to law enforcement operations in the area as it is within the country’s EEZ.

“The National Task Force-West Philippine Sea wishes to emphasize that China has no authority or power to conduct law enforcement operations in our exclusive economic zone,” he said.

He added that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is the one that can “assert, to the extent, the Armed Forces of the Philippines” as far as law enforcement operations in the West Philippine Sea are concerned. 

Two supply boats brought food and other replenishment supplies to troops stationed onboard BRP Sierra Madre. 

While the PCG and the AFP succeeded with their mission, Malaya said there were still incidents of “harassment, dangerous maneuvers and aggressive conduct by vessels of the China Coast Guard and of the Chinese maritime militia (CMM)” directed at Filipino troops. 

Malaya explicitly condemned the actions of the CCG and the CMM, stressing that law enforcement operations within the country’s EEZ are well within its sovereign rights and responsibilities of the Philippines. 

“Law enforcement operations in the exclusive economic zone are within the purview of elements of the Philippine government – and that is why mali po iyong sinabi ng China Coast Guard (the CCG’s claims are wrong,” he said.  

“We strongly deplore and condemn the continued illegal, aggressive, and destabilizing conduct of the CCG and CMM within the nation’s exclusive economic zone,” he added.

In the recently concluded East Asia Summit in Indonesia, President Marcos said that the Philippines condemned the harassment in the South China Sea and stood firm in the government’s commitment to assert its sovereign rights over the Philippine waters. 

He likewise urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to rally and take action on the continued use of the “dangerous use of coast guard and maritime militia vessels" in the South China Sea.

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