MANILA, Philippines: National Security Adviser and National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea (NTF WPS) Chairman Eduardo Año directed the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to carry out a maritime patrol to challenge and document the illegal presence of more than a hundred Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) in Julian Felipe (Whitson) Reef in the West Philippine Sea.

The PCG said on Sunday that Año issued the directive after it was able to monitor 111 CMMs swarming the area of Julian Felipe Reef on November 13.

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