China should return the rifles and pay for the damage its personnel caused, says the military chief
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“We cannot let them just do this and take our . For me, this is piracy because they boarded illegally, they got our equipment. Again, they acted like pirates,” he told a press conference in a mix of English and Filipino. The bladed weapons are what the Chinese used to puncture and render unusable the NAVSOG RHIBs. “We had no arms with us or bladed weapons… we have videos that show how the Chinese even threatened personnel by pointing their knives ,” said Brawner.
It’s also why it’s only in Ayungin Shoal where the Philippine Navy uses civilian ships – or in this case, RHIBs – instead of their larger gray ships.
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