CHINA has warned of penalties against foreigners caught violating its sovereignty over its territorial seas, including the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

State-run Xinhua news agency reported that the Chinese Supreme Court had issued a regulation stating that foreigners as well as Chinese citizens will be pursued for criminal liability if they engage in “illegal hunting or fishing or killing endangered wildlife in China’s jurisdictional seas.”

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