Philippines security official disputes China's statement over disputed South China Sea outcropping

The Philippines connected Monday rejected China's assertion to a radical of 3 sandbars successful the South China Sea, aft caller displays by some sides of their nationalist flags connected the uninhabited outcroppings. The backmost and distant implicit Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up successful a long-running quality implicit territory successful the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims astir successful its entirety.