China has indisputable sovereignty over Scarborough Shoal in South China Sea -Coast Guard

(Corrects area of disputed waters in paragraph 1; statement did not refer to the Second Thomas Shoal)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has indisputable sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal, and its adjacent waters, and has always resolutely countered the Philippines' infringements, a spokesperson for China Coast Guard said in a statement released late Tuesday.

"China's Coast Guard will, as always, defend and enforce" the law in waters under the country's jurisdiction, the statement said, citing a Coast Guard spokesperson.

The statement also cited the spokesperson as saying that on Jan. 28 four Philippine personnel illegally intruded in certain areas, and the Coast Guard warned them to leave in accordance with the law, and that the interaction was "professional and standardised".

(The story has been corrected to amend the disputed waters area to Scarborough Shoal instead of Second Thomas Shoal in paragraph 1)

(Reporting by Bernard Orr and Shanghai newsroom; Editing by Leslie Adler and Tom Hogue)