
KEY POINTS
- Malaya said the Philippine government was "alarmed" by the latest incident
- CCG personnel allegedly prevented the boat from leaving unless the shells were thrown back to the sea
- Scarborough Shoal was the site of a two-month standoff between China and the Philippines
The Philippine government criticized the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) Monday after reports emerged over the weekend that the CCG ordered Filipino fisherfolk to throw back shells they collected in the vicinity of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal earlier this month.