THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it has summoned a senior official from the Chinese Embassy over the alleged "harassment" of a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship on a Taiwanese-manned research vessel in the West Philippine Sea in March.

In a statement late Monday night, the DFA said it "takes appropriate diplomatic action for violations of Philippine sovereignty, sovereign rights within our maritime jurisdiction."

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