2019/56, 8 July 2019
On 9 June, a much larger, steel-hulled Chinese fishing vessel hit a Filipino one near Recto Bank in the Philippine exclusive economic zone. Recto Bank is roughly 100 nautical miles from Palawan and 600 nautical miles from Hainan Island. The Chinese vessel abandoned the 22 Filipino fishermen to their fate in the dark night. A nearby Vietnamese fishing vessel, in accordance with customary maritime law, rescued the 22.
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