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		</div><p>Malaysia’s government will issue a diplomatic protest against an “intrusion” by 16 Chinese military aircraft into its airspace, the foreign minister said.</p>
<p>The country’s foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that he will summon the Chinese ambassador to explain “this breach of the Malaysian airspace and sovereignty”.</p>
<p>The Chinese Embassy denied the planes violated Malaysia’s airspace.</p>
<p>Malaysia’s air force said its radar picked up the Chinese aircraft Monday near Malaysian-administered Luconia Shoals, a rich fishing ground in the disputed South China Sea.</p>
<p>The Chinese planes then moved nearly 60 nautical miles (110 kilometers) off the coast of Sarawak on Borneo island.</p>
<p>After attempts to contact the aircraft failed, the air force sent its fighter planes to identify them.</p>
<p>It said they were Ilyushin Il-76 and Xian Y-20 strategic transporters, flying at between 23,000-27,000 feet (7,000-8,000 metres) — altitude typically used by commercial flights. Malaysia called the incident a “serious threat to national sovereignty and flight safety”.</p>
<p>“Malaysia’s stand is clear— having friendly diplomatic relations with any countries does not mean that we will compromise our national security,” Mr Hishammuddin said in a statement.</p>
<p>He said he will relay Malaysia’s serious concern on the matter to his Chinese counterpart.</p>
<p>The Chinese Embassy defended the activity, saying its military planes did not violate Malaysia’s airspace and had exercised freedom of overflight in the area.</p>
<p>It said they were carrying out routine flight training and did not target any country.</p>
<p>During the training, the Chinese military aircraft strictly abided by the relevant international law and did not enter the territorial airspace of any other country, the embassy said in a statement.</p>
<p>China claims almost the entire South China Sea on historic grounds.</p>
<p>Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have overlapping claims, and tensions have ramped up since China built several man-made islands and turned them into military outposts.</p>
<p>The strategically important area straddles some of the world’s busiest sea lanes and is also rich in fisheries and may hold underground oil and natural gas reserves.</p>
<p>Malaysia says Chinese coast guard and navy ships intruded into its waters in the South China Sea 89 times between 2016 and 2019.</p>
<p>Malaysia has filed six diplomatic protests to China, including one in 2017 in response to a Chinese note asserting its claim to the South Luconia Shoals.</p>
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