SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s defence minister, Peter Dutton, stated a Chinese intelligence ship had been tracked off the West Australian coast, describing it as an “act of aggression” by Beijing.
“I feel it’s an act of aggression. I feel notably as a result of it has come to date south,” he stated at a information convention known as to announce the monitoring of the ship.
Australia has been monitoring the spy ship over the past week or so, Dutton stated.
(Reporting by Wayne Cole; writing by Praveen Menon; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
