(UPDATE) A SWARM of Chinese ships have ventured inside the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in what a maritime security expert described as an "unprecedented" event.

Chinese ships also lingered in the shoal for 24 hours more after Sunday's confrontation with Philippine supply boats.

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