Despite China’s muscle-flexing in Ayungin Shoal where its “monster” coast guard vessel occasionally appears to project a menacing presence, the BRP Sierra Madre will remain in the area as demonstration of Filipinos’ resolve to defend their territory, the Philippine Navy said yesterday.
This file photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows the grounded Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre where marines are stationed to assert Manila's territorial claims at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea.MANILA, Philippines —
“The situation is that we have a PCG vessel in the vicinity of Sabina or Escoda Shoal. The monster ship, the so-called monster ship of the Chinese Communist Party, the CCG , is also there. The report is, it was anchored. That is the situation, details of that we could ask the coast guard,” he said. In a statement, NSC assistant director general Jonathan Malaya said China’s claim was “false and a classic misdirection” as it was the Chinese who had caused serious damage to the marine environment and imperilled the livelihood of thousands of Filipino fisherfolk.
“Moreover, a 2023 report released by the independent non-profit organization Center for Strategic International Studies found that ‘more than 6,200 acres of coral reef have been destroyed by island-building activities in the South China Sea, with 75 percent of the damage being done by China; another 16,353 acres of coral reef were damaged due to giant clam harvesting by Chinese fishermen, and China has caused the most reef destruction through dredging and landfill, burying roughly 4,648 acres...
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