US Condemns Sinking of Vietnam Fishing Vessel by Chinese Coast Guard
By Drake Long 2020-04-06
The United States said Monday it was “seriously concerned†by the recent sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel by the China Coast Guard and accused Beijing of exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to expand its “unlawful claims†in the South China Sea.
Vietnam has accused the China Coast Guard (CCG) of sinking the fishing boat near the disputed Paracel Islands in the early hours of April 2 and lodged an official protest to Beijing. China claims that the Vietnamese boat sank itself after ramming a CCG ship.
The State Department statement left little doubt about who it considered to blame. Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus described it as “the latest in a long string of PRC actions to assert unlawful maritime claims and disadvantage its Southeast Asian neighbors in the South China Sea.†PRC refers to the nation’s formal title, the People’s Republic of China.
Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vietnam-southchinasea-04062020154618.html
That's rotten and a story was posted here from last week of a similar event with Indonesia.
