Philippines Lost Pag-asa Island to China

Philippines Lost Pag-asa Island to China
The group of 47 youth volunteers who protest against Beijing’s claims in the West Philippine Sea,  claimed that the Philippines "has lost" the Pag-asa Island to China.

The group said China has built a "triangle militarized zone" from Fiery Cross Reef to Subi Reef and Mischief Reef, where even the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) also has difficulty passing through.

"We have lost to China the heart of the Kalayaan Island Group Municipality through their triangle militarized zone," the group said. "Inside this triangle, are the other military bases that China has built."
Philippines Lost Pag-asa Island to China

additional that China "is walking the talk when it declared that it will not heed to whatever will be the result of the ongoing arbitration and will continue to militarize the West Philippine Sea and do whatever they want because they claim that it belongs to them."

Philippines Lost Pag-asa Island to China
and also the group said "will become impossible for any opposing military power to destroy these facilities" without destroying Palawan and other islands in Luzon and Mindanao.

"Our fishermen too cannot fish in this fishing grounds. In fact, in the entire West Philippine Sea, we have lost its value as a fishing ground to China," they said.
Philippines Lost Pag-asa Island to China
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