61.   Many Chinese fishermen have been arrested in the past but have been freed after serving short jail sentences.

62.   President Fidel Ramos said the Chinese fishermen, in addition to violating Philippine territory, also were destroying the marine environment in the South China Sea.

63.   Regional Trial Court Judge Eliodoro Ubiadas said the Chinese fishermen are scheduled for arraignment Friday in Olongapo City.

64.   Seoul requested Monday that Beijing conduct an investigation into allegations that Chinese fishermen attacked and robbed South Korean fishers in the Yellow Sea last week.

65.   South Koreans accuse Chinese fishermen of over-fishing in waters near the Korean peninsula.

66.   Taiwan called Sunday for the speedy return of a marine policeman hospitalized in China and demanded an investigation into his capture by Chinese fishermen.

67.   Taiwan Thursday again demanded China return a detained policeman, but offered to compromise by compensating Chinese fishermen who were injured when they allegedly abducted him.

68.   Taiwanese police clash frequently with Chinese fishermen who they say cross the sea border to smuggle or fish illegally.

69.   Taiwanese police shot a Chinese fishermen in the leg after he and other crew members hurled dynamite at a Taiwanese patrol boat, police said Tuesday.

70.   The Chinese have insisted that the structures provide shelter for Chinese fishermen and that the repairs were necessary because of damage from natural causes that might endanger the occupants.