Gan Yu, spokesperson for the China Coast Guard, said that on April 4, the Philippines organized a number of vessels to illegally locate in the waters adjacent to Horseshoe Crab Reef in China's Nansha Islands.
China has indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, including Horseshoe Crab Reef and its adjacent waters, and Philippine government vessels have illegally violated the law and provoked under the guise of so-called "fishing protection", organized the media to deliberately incite and mislead, and continued to undermine stability in the South China Sea. We are telling the Philippine side that any infringement tactics are futile.
The China Coast Guard will defend and enforce its rights in the waters under China's jurisdiction in accordance with the law, and resolutely safeguard territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
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