Beijing and Manila "co-control" the Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Monday night amid reports of the Chinese coast guard's harassment of Filipino fishermen there. "I believe, at this point in time, may co-control tayo, because malaya na tayo pumupunta," Cayetano told reporters. A recent media report showed a cellphone video of Chinese coast guard seizing the catch of fishermen passing by Panatag, also known as Scarborough Shoal, located only 124 nautical miles off Zambales province.

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