The Philippine military said Tuesday that Chinese boats illegally 'seized' food and medicine airdropped to a Filipino outpost in the South China Sea.
This handout photo taken on May 19, 2024 and received on June 4, 2024 from the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows recovered supplies which were airdropped to a Filipino outpost, on a boat near Second Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea . The Philippine military said June 4 that Chinese boats illegally"seized" food and medicine airdropped to a Filipino outpost in the South China Sea .
The Philippine military accused China of "aggressive and unprovoked interference" when two Chinese rigid-hulled inflatable boats allegedly came within 10 metres of the Sierra Madre vessel and seized an airdropped package meant for Filipino troops."This action of getting or confiscating our supplies is illegal," military chief General Romeo Brawner told reporters.
Second Thomas Shoal is about 200 kilometers from the western Philippine island of Palawan, and more than 1,000 kilometres from China's nearest major landmass, Hainan island. China brushes off rival claims to the South China Sea from other countries, including the Philippines, and ignores an international ruling that its claims have no legal basis.
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