THE number of Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) ships in the Ayungin Shoal area is increasing, the Philippine Navy said on Tuesday.

In a press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo, Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad, Navy spokesman for the West Philippine Sea (WPS), said 41 CMM vessels were spotted around the shoal from August 13 to 19.

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