Vietnam on Wednesday accused crew members of Chinese boats of harassing fishing vessels and beating Vietnamese fishermen near the contested Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, but China dismissed the accusations as groundless.
Individuals from the Chinese boats—including two identified as rubber dinghies—searched and seized equipment from three Vietnamese fishing vessels on three separate occasions in August, according to a statement posted on the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s website. The Chinese boats and their crew members weren’t further identified in the statement.
Vietnam has accused Chinese boats of harassing its fishing boats several times in recent years, but often hasn’t provided details about the Chinese crew members.
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Vu Trong Khanh, Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1qhVwny
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