Vietnam protests China beating Vietnamese fishermen

(Hanoi Composite Electric) Vietnam accused China of law enforcement officials' barbarous attacks on a Vietnamese fishing boat, which pose a security threat to the waters with sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam issued a statement on Wednesday (October 2), which protested to China on the attack of Vietnamese fishing vessels.Fan Qiuzhen said in a statement that when Vietnamese fishing vessels operated near the Huangsha Islands (China known as the Xisha Islands), Vietnamese fishermen were beaten by Chinese law enforcement officers, and fishing equipment was taken away.Vietnam is "extremely concerned, indignant, and resolutely protesting."

Fan Qiuzhen said that the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposed a strong protest to the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi, demanding that China respects Vietnam's sovereignty, investigates the matter and reports the results of the investigation to Vietnam, and no longer repeats such incidents.

The Huangsha Islands are currently controlled by China, and Vietnam also claims the sovereignty of the islands.

The fishermen were attacked by about 40 people with iron rods for three hours

Tien Phong reported that the incident occurred on Sunday (September 29), causing 10 Vietnamese fishermen to be injured, three of them fractures.After they returned to the port the next day, four were rushed to the hospital.

Reported that the 10 fishermen were attacked by about 40 people with iron rods for three hours.Fishermen said that about 4 metric tons of fishing were snatched and estimated to lose 500 million Vietnamese shields (about S $ 26,200).

However, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Agence France -Presse that the Vietnamese media reports were "inconsistent with the facts."

The spokesman stated that the Vietnamese fishing vessels illegally fishing in the waters of the Xisha Islands without the Chinese government's permission. The relevant Chinese departments took stop measures in accordance with the law.