Two China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels on Wednesday shadowed and tried to block the Filipino civilian-led convoy sailing toward Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a resource-rich area in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) that was seized by China in 2012. At 6:15 p.m., a CCG ship, with body No. 4108, maneuvered to block FB Bing Bing, one of the four commercial fishing vessels comprising the supply mission organized by the Akbayan-led “Atin Ito” (This is Ours) Coalition. The fishing boats, called by locals as “Pangulong,” carried volunteers, journalists and fishermen.

Corrales, N., & De Villa, K. (2024, May 16). 2 China coast guard ships try to block ‘Atin Ito’ convoy. Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. A3, A4.