Philippines denies China for erecting floating barrier in volatile South China Sea. This barrier prevented Filipino boats from entering area
The barrier was discovered during a routine maritime patrol.The Philippines expressed its condemnation of the Chinese coast guard’s placement of what it described as a “floating barrier” in a disputed region of the South China Sea on Sunday.
In the statement, the Philippine coast guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources strongly denounced the installation of the floating barrier by the China coast guard in the Southeast portion of Bajo de Masinloc. Tarriela mentioned that the presence of crushed corals suggested potential dumping, possibly involving previously processed and cleaned corals that were returned to the seabed.