In order to thoroughly implement the Coast Guard Law, on May 15, 2024, the China Coast Guard issued Order No. 3 to promulgate the Provisions on Administrative Law Enforcement Procedures for Coast Guard Agencies, which will come into force on June 15, 2024.
One of the provisions of this provision has been interpreted the most.
That is, it clearly stipulates that when the coast guard is suspected of endangering national security and interests, undermining social and public order, or engaging in other illegal and criminal activities, it directly stipulates:
Detention review may be carried out, of which the period of detention review must not exceed 30 days, and where the case is complicated, it may be extended to 60 days with the approval of the coast guard body at the next higher level.
Where nationality or identity is unknown, the period for detention review is calculated from the date on which their nationality is ascertained.
On the 18th, the Philippine media combined the introduction of the procedural regulations with the intrusion of Philippine fishermen near Scarborough Shoal for interpretation.
Some Philippine media even believe that the issuance of the No. 3 order of the Chinese Coast Guard is aimed at Filipino fishermen!
China's response was also very simple: the issuance of the China Coast Guard Order No. 3 does not target fishermen from any country, and the China Coast Guard will treat all illegal and criminal acts equally.
The Philippine media's entry into the table is deliberately hyping up, deliberately distorting, and maliciously smearing China's laws and regulations.
After all, if Filipino fishermen do not invade China's territorial waters, China will not do anything to Filipino fishermen!
However, on the Philippine side, it is not only the Philippine media that is taking the right seat.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' attitude is also clear.
On May 18, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos bluntly said at the graduation ceremony of the Philippine Military Academy that the Philippines would "vigorously defend its territory" in the face of the "invaders".
Regarding Marcos's statement, the outside world generally believes that Marcos is making no secret of his attitude towards the current situation in the South China Sea and his position on China.
In particular, the Philippine president's introduction of the term "invader" has undoubtedly exposed the ugly face of the Philippines.
Obviously, all the current conflicts and confrontations in the South China Sea were first provoked by the Philippine side, but the Philippines has reversed itself and called China an "intruder".
This is simply undisguised hostility to China.
Moreover, this time, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos instilled this hostile stance toward China at the graduation ceremony of the military academy.
This is playing with fire, this is continuing to add firewood to the South China Sea!
China has always upheld the concept of good-neighborliness and friendship and peaceful development, and has been exchanging views with neighboring countries.
But the Philippines sees China's goodwill as weakness and China's forbearance as cowardice.
This is indeed a miscalculation of the current situation.
China's Coast Guard Order No. 3 is not aimed at any country, but as long as Filipino fishermen commit illegal and criminal acts, as long as Filipino fishermen dare to trespass into the waters of China's Scarborough Shoal.
China will act in accordance with laws and regulations.
China's patience is not bottomless, and there is some truth in it, and the Philippines itself should be clear!