Thirty Chinese maritime militia vessels have been spotted in the vicinity of Rozul Reef off Palawan, while Vietnam has reportedly scaled up its dredging activities in the Kalayaan Island Group, the Philippine Navy said yesterday. In an interview on dzBB, Philippine Navy spokesman for the West Philippine Sea Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad said the number of Chinese maritime militia or People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy vessels spotted keep changing and it is not surprising.

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