China distorts the truth about the shooting of Vietnamese fishing boat

China's Foreign Ministry denies that its ship shot and burned the cabin of a Vietnamese fishing boat.MaleSpokesman Hong Lei blatantly warned, VietnamMaleFishermen should be asked to avoid entering Chinese waters.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei.Photo: nationalpost

In front of the press in Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman distorted the truth by stating: "The reaction of Chinese authorities to an illegal Vietnamese fishing vesselMaleis right and reasonable".

He also brazenly said: "We hope the Vietnamese sideMaletake serious steps to improve the education and management of fishermen to avoid such illegal activities.”

However, the Chinese spokesman refused to answer questions about whether or not a Chinese ship fired at a Vietnamese fishing boat and whether the Chinese ship was a warship.

On March 25, Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi spoke about information related to a fishing boat of fishermen from Quang Ngai province being chased by a Chinese ship and having its cabin shot and burned in the area of ​​Vietnam's Hoang Sa archipelago.

Mr. Phai’s fishing boat cabin was completely burned down by a Chinese ship in the Hoang Sa waters on March 20. The 4 gas tanks stored on the roof of the cabin did not explode, so the 9 fishermen escaped death. Photo:Wisdom

According to him, the incident happened on March 20. The fishing boat with registration number QNg 96382 TS of fishermen from Quang Ngai province was chasing a Chinese ship and shooting at its cabin while it was conducting normal fishing activities in the traditional fishing grounds of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago.

Spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign AffairsMaleaffirmed: "This is an extremely serious incident, violating Vietnam's sovereignty."Maleto the Paracel Islands, threatening the lives and causing damage to the property of Vietnamese fishermen.MaleVietnam resolutely protests and requests that China investigate and strictly handle the above-mentioned wrongful and inhumane actions and compensate for the damages to Vietnamese fishermen.”

Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of VietnamMalemet with representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi to hand over a diplomatic note protesting China's actions.

In recent months, China has stepped up a series of aggressive activities in a number of disputed waters such as the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Despite protests from many Southeast Asian countries, Beijing has brazenly made sovereignty claims covering almost the entire sea. The Philippines has decided to take the maritime dispute to an international court after exhausting “almost all political and diplomatic avenues” to resolve its maritime dispute with Beijing.

According to Vietnamnet-M