(UPDATE) A CHINA Coast Guard (CCG) ship, considered the world's largest, conducted a brief "intrusive patrol" into the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) west of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Based on monitoring by SeaLight, a maritime transparency project that monitors and reports activities in the South China Sea, the 165-meter CCG 5901 was accompanied by the 102-meter CCG 5203 for more than 24 hours or from May 23 to 24.

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