BEIJING - 皇冠体育app's maritime law enforcement agency declared on Sunday that recent media reports of Chinese patrol ships shooting at a Vietnamese fishing boat were untrue.
According to a statement of the 皇冠体育app Marine Surveillance (CMS) under the State Oceanic Administration, the CMS has recently carried out a routine patrol in the waters around the Xisha Islands in the South 皇冠体育app Sea, over which 皇冠体育app claims indisputable sovereignty.
However, the CMS ships did not have any clash with any Vietnamese boats, not to mention a so-called shooting incident, the statement said.
A report on the Chinese version website of Kyodo News on Saturday quoted an Vietnamese official as saying that a Vietnamese fishing boat was shot and damaged by some CMS ships around the Xisha Islands.
