Tension High In South China Sea

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Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son asked China on June 8 to stop preventing Vietnamese fishermen from doing their work in disputed parts of the South China Sea. Son claimed that increased Chinese patrols, including in Vietnamese waters, had led to a growing number of arrests and fines for 'normal fishing activities by Vietnamese fishermen in Vietnam's traditional fishing grounds'. Beijing stated ahead of the May 13 UN-set deadline for maritime claims that a joint petition submitted by Vietnam and Malaysia to the UN questioning the outer limits of China's continental shelf in the South China Sea was illegal and