June 2, 2021

The foreign ministry of Malaysia has said it would summon China’s envoy to explain an “intrusion” by 16 air force planes into its airspace, after the south-east Asian country’s military detected “suspicious” activity over the South China Sea.

Malaysia’s air force said it scrambled jets on Monday after the planes flew within 60 nautical miles off Sarawak state of Malaysian Borneo. It described the incident as a “serious threat to national sovereignty and flight safety”.

The Chinese planes did not contact regional air traffic control despite being instructed to do so several times, the air force said.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/02/malaysia-protests-suspicious-chinese-air-force-activity-over-south-china-sea