Malacañang on Monday said it is “objectionable” that a Chinese Coast Guard ship had blocked local vessels on a resupply mission to the Philippine Navy’s BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal west of Palawan. The Chinese ship with bow number 3305 came as close as 1,600 yards to the three civilian vessels on May 14 that would bring supplies to Sierra Madre, which serves as an outpost of the Philippine Navy, according to the Department of National Defense report. “Of course, that’s objectionable…They were just bringing food and why were they blocked?” Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a press briefing.

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