The Philippines coastguards are like pirates having license.
台灣漁民說菲律賓公務船像有牌海盜,漁民出海時,得隨身攜帶一萬元美金,當作「保命錢」,因為菲律賓公務船只有要不到錢才會開槍追擊.
Taiwanese fishing boats have often been extort even they were in Taiwan economic zone.
Taipei, May 17 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that a Philippine government vessel's use of automatic weapons to strafe an unarmed and unprovocative fishing boat was "cold-blooded murder."
"Because of the vast overlapping area of the two sides' exclusive economic zones, Taiwanese fishing boats have often been boarded and inspected by Philippines vessels while operating in these waters, and several Taiwanese fishermen have been killed, most recently in 2006."
Please take care to the problem about The South China Sea.