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Published April 19, 2021, 3:42 PM
Advocate group: Speak as one country vs. ‘incursion’
The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) is looking into reports that China has begun deep-sea drilling in the South China Sea to obtain sedimentary rocks from the seabed.
West Philippine Sea (PNA file photo)
This developed as calls for the Duterte administration to stand up against China’s repeated intrusion have been growing.
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., chairman of the NTF-WPS, said they have yet to receive a report about China’s drilling activities which is reportedly being done within the country’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ).