Chinese foiled from occupying island
By Francisco Tuyay | Posted on May. 18, 2013 at 12:02am | 3,718 views
Philippine Navy ships used "bashing maneuvers" to drive away three fishing boats from mainland China that tried to occupy an island off Palawan in the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday, military sources said.
The fishing boats were in the vicinity of Ayungin Reef, also known as the Second Thomas Reef, when the Philippine Navy ships arrived and made "circling maneuvers" that forced the Chinese to move out, the source said.
"They were forced to back-off several miles from Ayungin Reef after our ships arrived in the area," said the source who spoke to the Manila Standard on condition of anonymity.