PCG: Chinaโ€™s โ€œClearing Opsโ€ Meant to Threaten Filipino Fishermen in the West Philippine Sea

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The ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ (๐๐‚๐†) described the so-called “๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ” of the ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ (๐‚๐‚๐†) as an ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ.

The CCG announced via radio that it would conduct โ€œclearing operationsโ€ in a specified area near ๐๐š๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ” ๐ฉ.๐ฆ.

According to ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ (๐๐‚๐†) ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐‚๐†.

Instead, Rear Admiral Tarriela said that the ๐๐‚๐† ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) deployed in Bajo de Masinloc.

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