China ship on 'resupply cruise'passed near 5 West PH Sea features -- monitor | INQToday

A China Coast Guard ship conducting a supposed resupply cruise to its outposts in the Spratly Islands also passed near 5 features of the West Philippine Sea. According to West Philippine Sea monitor Ray Powell, the 8000 ton Sun shot to how first passed off PAGASA Island on Sunday morning, June 30. It was accompanied by the Sun Sharji Far 3O1A public affairs vessel Power Lads that the two ships also traversed the waters near Pathak Island. Escort the Shoal and a human Shoal. As of Monday, July 1, the two ships were within 60 nautical miles of Malaysia's coastline. According to Powell, China's mission is meant to deliver supplies to Beijing Sprakley Island bases and to mark the extent of its maritime claims. Last week, the China Coast Guard's biggest vessel, dubbed the Monster Ship, also conducted what Powell called an intrusive patrol in similar features. Such actions aligned with Beijing's assertion of sovereignty in almost the entire South China Sea, including most of the West Philippine Sea, even if such a claim has been effectively invalidated. By the arbitral award issued in July 2016.