November 29, 2012 6:42pm
Under new rules that threaten to greatly increase the risk of armed conflict, Chinese law enforcers starting next year will be boarding and seizing foreign vessels in areas claimed by China in the volatile West Philippine Sea, according to a report by the Chinese state media.
“That’s too much. While we are exerting all peaceful means, that is what they are doing,” said Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban, commander of the AFP's Western Command. “That’s a violation of (the rules) over international passage.”
Sabban was reacting to the report in the official China Daily that said revised regulations allow Chinese authorities to board and search all ships that will enter its territorial waters.
New rules, which come into effect on January 1, will allow Hainan police to board and seize control of foreign ships which "illegally enter" Chinese waters and order them to change course or stop sailing, the official China Daily reported.
"Activities such as entering the island province's waters without permission, damaging coastal defense facilities, and engaging in publicity that threatens national security are illegal," the English-language newspaper said.
Both China and the Philippines — as well Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam — are locked in a dispute over ownership of the Spratly Islands, a chain of islands and islets believed to be rich in oil and minerals deposits, in the West Philippine Sea.
De facto control of Panatag Shoal
China has already taken de facto control over the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, after a stand-off that started last April when a Philippine Navy ship attempted to confiscate protected marine life from Chinese fishing boats. After Philippine boats voluntarily withdrew from the shoal, Chinese law enforcement ships formed a physical cordon around the shoal and have since prevented Philippine vessels from entering.
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