Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Tariela recently publicly criticized the Chinese coast guard, claiming that the Chinese coast guard caught Philippine fishing boats and forced fishermen to throw seashells into the South China Sea before letting them go, Sputnik news agency reported.
The Philippines also clamored that when the fishermen returned, they would collect testimony about the "violent law enforcement" of the Chinese coast guard.
However, if you put together the elements of the South China Sea, Philippine fishermen, and the Chinese coast guard, you can know with your toes that most of them are the Philippines shouting to catch the thief, and sure enough, when you see that the place where the incident occurred is actually in Scarborough Shoal, any sophistry of the Philippines seems to be weak, this is China's territory, not to mention that the Philippines throws the seashells caught back into the sea, even if the Chinese coast guard fines the Philippine fishermen, the Philippines can only bear it.
And the Philippine fishermen actually have a big disaster this time, we know that the waters near Huangyan Island have rich fishery resources, which can provide a lot of economic income for fishermen operating nearby, public information shows that the clams produced near Huangyan Island can be sold for 2,000 yuan per ton, and the so-called Scarborough Shoal sea shells, most of them are clams.
However, the creature has been included in the appendix of the International Convention on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the reason is also that the reproduction rate of the clams is low, and the growth is extremely slow, coupled with the previous overfishing, it has been listed as a first-class protected animal, whether it is China or the Philippines, they have strengthened the protection of the clams, China prohibits illegal fishing, and the Philippines also stipulates that violators will face fines and imprisonment, but now looking at the statement of the Philippine Coast Guard, it is obvious that they want to fool this matter over, Instead, the attention of the outside world was drawn to the "violent law enforcement" of the Chinese coast guard against Filipino fishermen.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand the motives of Filipino fishermen, it is illegal to trespass on Scarborough Shoal, and it is also illegal to fish for clams, for them, it is nothing more than that it is already dark, and they don't care about it being darker, and because of the frequent patrol actions of the Chinese coast guard, the Philippine Fishermen's League has complained many times before, claiming that due to the restrictions on entering the waters near Scarborough Shoal, the income of fishermen in Zambales Province has plummeted by 70%, so from all aspects, Philippine fishermen have the motivation to "take risks". Want to make a windfall.
However, their operation was really "door-to-door" this time, because the Philippines had previously filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the grounds that "China has damaged the environment in the South China Sea", slandering that the coral was crushed in the sea area where Chinese ships appeared intensively, and accusing China of destroying the Philippine coral reefs in the South China Sea.
The Philippines' lame lies can be punctured with one thing, taking Japan's sewage into the sea as an example, we can see the obvious gap between China and Marcos, and the Philippines' so-called "love for the sea" is.
Therefore, from all aspects, the Philippines is not qualified to sue China, but it is the bad impact caused by the Philippine fishermen's fishing for clams that has given China evidence, and if the Philippines continues to mess around, China can also sue the Philippines in turn.