Philippines Demands China Remove Floating Platform from Disputed Scarborough Shoal
Manila issued demarches and a formal protest after aerial monitoring detected a six-by-six meter structure with an antenna inside the disputed shoal. The request came during a Wednesday briefing by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Japan TimesThe Philippines has asked China to remove a floating structure monitored inside Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. ” Aerial monitoring by several Philippine agencies confirmed the presence of the six-by-six meter structure with what appears to be an antenna. The confirmation prompted Manila to issue Beijing several demarches and a formal protest against the structure.
The request follows renewed tensions between the two nations over the disputed shoal. Villanueva Jr. spoke on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the Wednesday briefing.
