Philippines says more Chinese militia ships return to its western waters, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A Philippine government task force watching over the country’s western waters reported on Wednesday (May 12) that Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels were back inside the West Philippine Sea and the country’s 370km exclusive economic zone (EEZ), this time there were more of them. The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) also reported that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) again drove away Chinese ships from the Escoda (Sabina) Shoal off Palawan province. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., chair of the…