THE Chinese government has no authority to carry out any law enforcement operations within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EZZ), the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) said over the weekend.

At a news forum, National Security Council (NSC) Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya said, "[We] wish to emphasize that China has neither authority nor power to conduct law enforcement operations in our exclusive economic zone."

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