This photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows the Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Malapascua (front) manoeuvering as a Chinese coast guard ship cuts its path at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. - AFP was one of several media outlets invited to join two Philippine Coast Guard boats on a 1,670-kilometre (1,040-mile) patrol of the South China Sea, visiting a dozen islands and reefs. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including the Spratly Islands, ignoring an international ruling that the assertion has no legal basis. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP SPECIAL REPORT BY CECIL MORELLA - To go with AFP SPECIAL REPORT by Cecil MORELLA
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Impablaak ti Philippine Coast Guard a ti kaadda ti “monster ship” ti China Coast Guard iti uneg ti exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ti Pilipinas ket maysa a panggep a mangbutbuteng kadagiti mangngalap a Pilipino.


Babaen ti panagaramat ti dark vessel detection technology manipod Canada, na-detect ti Philippine Coast Guard ti maaw-awagan a “monster ship” ti China Coast Guard iti uneg ti 54 nautical miles iti Capones Island idiay Zambales.


Dagos nga indeploy ti Philippine Coast Guard ti BRP Cabra ken maysa a Caravan reconnaissance aircraft tapno ma-intercept ken mamonitor ti barko ti China nga addaan iti registration number 5901.


Kinumpirmar ti Philippine Coast Guard ti presensia ti nasao a barko iti Bajo de Masinloc itay laeng kanikadua.


Maipalagip a ti nasao a barko ket namonitor ken naimatangan idi Hunio idi napalabas a tawen iti BRP Sierra Madre idiay Ayungin Shoal.
Iti agdama, awan pay ti komento ti Chinese Embassy iti nasao a banag.