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DFA, PCG say Chinese ship spotted in Catanduanes only sought shelter enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) - The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Coast Guard clarified on Tuesday that the Chinese survey vessel recently spotted in Catanduanes was allowed to seek shelter due to bad weather. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin, Jr. said the ship was granted permission to seek shelter as requested by the Chinese Embassy. “DFA never gave permission to (research vessel) Jia Geng. For humanitarian reasons, DFA okayed the emergency Chinese Embassy request for shelter against bad weather,” he said on Twitter. “Request for shelter; not permission to stay and be watched. Period.” ....
MANILA – Chinese research vessel Jia Geng, the subject of a previous diplomatic protest, that docked off Catanduanes waters from Friday to Monday sought shelter in the country, an official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. In a phone interview on Monday, PCG spokesperson Commodore Armando Balilo said the vessel left the country at 6 a.m. Monday and was escorted by the PCG, noting that based on its previous track, the Jia Geng did not come from the Philippine Rise. “It’s a simple sa area, masama talaga ang panahon at nagpalipas lang sila nung una ng oras para hindi naman sila malagay sa alanganin (it was a simple call for help because of a gale warning in the area, the weather was bad and they while away time initially to avoid danger),” Balilo said. ....
“[The] DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) never gave a permit to Jia Geng. But for humanitarian considerations, we ok’d Chinese embassy request for shelter against bad weather. The Coast Guard has zero authority/competence to allow it. Only DFA. Not to stay. But seek shelter. Period,” Locsin said in a tweet. (File Photo: @DFA/PHL/Twitter) MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) only allowed Chinese research vessel, Jia Geng, to “seek shelter” upon the emergency request of the Chinese Embassy in Manila, but “not to stay”, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. clarified Tuesday. In a tweet, the top diplomat said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has “zero authority” to allow the vessel to stay in Philippine waters. ....
China coast guard law not harmless despite envoy s claims –Hontiveros Published February 2, 2021 6:07pm By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News The Philippines cannot be complacent over the Chinese government’s assurance that its new Coast Guard law is harmless, Senator Risa Hontiveros said Tuesday. Hontiveros was responding to the statement issued by the Chinese Embassy in Manila stating that the formulation of the Coast Guard Law “is a normal domestic legislative activity of China” and that the content of the law “conforms to international conventions and the practices of the international community.” The Chinese Coast Guard law allows Chinese forces to “take all necessary measures, including the use of weapons when national sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction are being illegally infringed upon by foreign organizations or individuals at sea.” ....
MANILA, Feb 2 (SCMP): The Chinese embassy in Manila has defended Beijing’s controversial coastguard law as “domestic legislation” and said China would continue to seek a negotiated resolution with the Philippines over their disputes in the South China Sea. “China Coast Guard is an administrative law enforcement agency. The formulation of the coastguard law is a normal domestic legislative activity of China,” the embassy said on its Facebook account, late on Monday night. “Enacting such a coastguard law is not unique to China, but a sovereign right to all,” the statement continued. “Many countries have enacted similar legislation. It was the Philippine coastguard law of 2009 that established the [Philippine Coast Guard] as an armed and uniformed service. None of these laws have been seen as a threat of war.” ....