• Cloma was forced to sell his claim to the Philippine government which annexed the islands in 1978 calling them Kalayaan (Freedomland)
• The Philippine claim to Kalayaan is based on the argument that the area is distinct from other island groups in the South China Sea. It lies within its 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone according to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• In fact, Manila has renamed its claimed area as the West Philippine Sea
• The latest claimants are Malaysia and Brunei