Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says

• The Philippines' fisheries bureau said China is trying to "intentionally destroy" the Scarborough Shoal.
• The fish-rich atoll is hotly contested by China, but internationally recognized as Manila's.
• The bureau on Saturday accused Chinese vessels of pumping cyanide into the shoal's waters.

The Philippines' fishing bureau has accused Chinese fishing vessels of using cyanide to destroy the Scarborough Shoal, a fish-rich atoll in the South China Sea contested by both Manila and Beijing.