THE National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea on Monday said China should stop its harassment of Philippine vessels if it does not want the reporting of such incidents in the media.

"If China thinks this is a premeditated act so that we can hype it up in the international community, they should probably consider behaving in accordance with the international law so that there will be no news that would show them in a negative image," task force spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela said in an interview.

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