INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
comment.China claims 90% of the South China Sea, overlapping with the exclusive economic zones of Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and
Beijing seized the Scarborough Shoal in 2012 and forced fishermen from the Philippines to travel further for smaller catches.Philippine
coast guard and fisheries bureau personnel discovered the floating barrier, estimated at 300 m (1,000 feet) long, on a routine patrol on
asked whether the coast guard was planning to remove the barrier.Tarriela said that according to Filipino fishermen, the Chinese coast guard
usually installs such barriers when they monitor a large number of fishermen in the area, then remove it later.Source - Reuters--Agencies
