<span style="color: #222222;">Philippines today accused China of intruding into its waters after an incident involving the two countries' military vessels at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea earlier this week. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of Philippines said, the Chinese military's claim that a Philippine military ship illegally entered waters near the Scarborough Shoal has no legal basis and only serves to raise tensions in the disputed waterway. The Philippines and China both lay claim to the Scarborough Shoal but sovereignty has never been established and it remains effectively under Beijing's control since it seized it from Manila in 2012.</span><br />