Reacting to ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh's remark on March 4, 2015, that  the four ASEAN claimants – Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam – could not possibly accept China’s nine-dotted line because it was not in accordance with international law, specifically the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei accused him of making a series of allegedly biased and false remarks on South China Sea disputes. As quoted by Xinhua, she said: “Mr. Le Luong Minh has repeatedly made biased comments on the issue of the South China Sea, which were untrue and incompatible with his capacity as ASEAN secretary-general. We advise Mr. Le Luong Minh do his part as ASEAN secretary-general, stick to ASEAN’s neutrality on the South China Sea issue, and do more to promote the healthy development of China-ASEAN relations.”.