HUNDREDS of Chinese vessels reportedly stationed around the Pag-asa Island in the disputed West Philippine (South China) Sea should immediately leave after the government filed a diplomatic protest, Malacanang said on Tuesday.

"We are already complaining, why are they there? Then, effectively, you are asking them to leave," Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a press briefing.

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